Nigerian government suspends passports of 2,000 travellers for flouting coronavirus protocols
The Nigerian government has seized for two years, International passports of 2,000 travellers who flouted the country’s travel protocols against the rampaging coronavirus pandemic
Penpushing reports that National Incident Manager (NIM) of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on coronavirus Mukhtar Muhammad, made this known at the committee’s briefing on Monday, explaining that the defaulters failed to undergo the mandatory arrival quarantine and other protocols after returning into the country.
The incident manager said the government has insisted that passengers who arrived into the country, especially from those nations it described as “high risk” countries must quarantine in a facility provided by the government.
“We have included the provision of quarantine for passengers who arrived from these high risk countries and people who evade these protocols have been penalised by publishing their names as well as by suspending their passports for one year’, he said.
“Let me assure you that so far we have published the list of over 2,000 people who evaded quarantine in our health facilities. And we have gone ahead to ensure that their passports are suspended so for every action there are consequences.”
Penpushing further reports that, it is recalled that on May 1,2021, the steering committee issued a travel advisory for passengers arriving in Nigeria from Brazil, India and Turkey, noting that the precautionary measures are a necessary to mitigate the risk of importation of variants of concern and will break the chain of transmission to the population.
The chairman of the committee, Boss Mustapha, stated that under the measures, passengers arriving from/or that have visited any of these three countries within fourteen (14) days prior to the visit to Nigeria, are required to follow mandatory arrival quarantine and testing protocols in designated facilities.
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