The Federal Government has placed travelling restrictions on 100 passengers, for non-compliance with obligatory protocol on tests upon arrival as outlined by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.
Chairman of the PTF on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this in a notice to the affected passengers on Saturday.
The notice defined that the 100 defaulters would be restricted for six months, for failure to adjust to the obligatory Day seven Post Arrival COVID-19 Polymerise Chain Reaction (PCR) test, and that the six months restrictions, which took impact from Jan. 1, would final until June 30, 2021.
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In accordance with the notice, the defaulting passengers had been knowledgeable in regards to the improvement and will likely be prevented from traveling in another country throughout this period.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the passport numbers of the affected individuals have been displayed on the notice.