FG bans 100 Nigerians from overseas travels: Full list

 

BY NICHOLAS ABE

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has banned 100 international passport holders from travelling overseas, for the next six months.

Government’s action, announced Saturday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, is said to be based on “Presidential authority”.

As part of the measure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within the country, the Federal Government had through the PTF, required all travellers coming into Nigeria to take a mandatory coronavirus test, seven days after they entered the country.

This is notwithstanding the fact that these same travellers must have tested negative for the virus before coming into the country.

An official COVID-19 test done in Nigeria costs N50,400.

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Mustapha, in the statement published on the Twitter handle of the Ministry of Information and Culture and retweeted by the Nigerian Government official Twitter account, @NigeriaGov, said: “Based on Presidential authority, travel restrictions are being placed on the following passports due to non-compliance to the mandatory Day 7 post-arrival #COVID19 PCR test.”

The restriction is for a six-month period – from January 1 to June 30, 2021.

The statement stated that affected persons had been informed and will be restricted from travelling outside Nigeria within the period of the ban.