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The Nigerian government has announced that international flights will resume on August 29. It also announced the procedures that would be followed for the resumption.

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced the new dates for resumption of flights at the bi-weekly Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday.

He said the flight operations would commence in and out of two airports; Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.

“I am pleased to announce that international flights will resume from the 29th of August, 2020. It will start with Lagos and Abuja. The protocols and procedures will be announced in due course, ” he said.

President Muhammad Buhari had in March ordered the suspension of international flights to curb the influx of imported cases of the COVID-19 virus in the country.

While local flights were also suspended, they resumed about a month ago as the country ed the rest of the world to battle the pandemic.

Globally, over 21 million people have been infected with the virus and 775,228 deaths recorded.

As of Sunday evening, over 49,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed in Nigeria and 975 deaths, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Precautions
Mr Sirika said all engers would have to undergo a COVID-19 test before boarding a flight into the country.

This, he said, will be followed by another test eight days after arrival in the country.

“Very close to your departure dates, you will take a COVID-19 test where you are coming from and then, of course, you would go online to fill the health questionnaire.

“There will also be a portal that we will open. Prior to your departure, you will pay through that platform for the test to be done here in Nigeria after your arrival.

“Meaning that, just before you depart, you take a test and when you are negative and not showing any signs of COVID-19, we will board you on the flight.

“When you arrive in Nigeria, you will go through the protocols and exit the airport, and then eight days after your arrival, which we consider the incubation period, you will take a test,” he said.

He did not explain how the authorities would ensure those who arrived would be tracked to ensure compliance

The minister also noted that “no one has contracted the virus while on board an aircraft.”

This he said is an indication that “aircraft are safe for boarding.”

https://www.timesng.com/news/headlines/409449-covid-19-how-international-flights-will-resume-in-nigeria-minister.html

9icest:


What is the problem. I’m about to travel to Sweden. Is Europe bad?

Nothing is bad just miss Nigeria

How does the two relate?

Please how does someone in Europe come back to the country since theirs still travel ban and no flight.... How do I go about it? Before I go crazy...

I give no shit about the stupid party.... Here in Scandinavia we don't care.....tuttles

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Falana is a serpent sorry to say this falz

Elosky20:
baba abeg fire on
sai buhari

Chai dem don remove this one brain kwata kwata

A zombie just replied nothing more

Beremx:
I have watched a porn video of Afrocandy getting fuccked and i ed it through nairaland. Too bad you didn't watch it when it went viral.

I still have the video on my phone.

U av a porn on your phone a new mom indeed, I pity what the Lil child will be in future if the mom keeps porn. Nonsense

fhelihx:
In short, people less than hundred in number stole trillions of naira..God bless Nigeria

scantee:
ya i undersands ur point just that is not that easy knowing how far you have gone with ur plans for over 3yrs now, it hurts more because i singlehandedly relegated all my female friends to the bench only to make her comfortable & win her trust, believe me i have hundreds of female crushers but i never gave them the chance just to make her happy..<in my next world i would never date a student> again....

Faced this shit last year but man Bleep it am stronger than pain now, I can't bend for any lady again be you Beyonce or nicki minaj

Firefire:
Political prostitutes.

To me all this defectors lack moral, they have nothing to offer the masses but looking for where to loot the state resources.

Selfish set of politicians we have in Nigeria.

They defected cos of lack of good governance from apc and you call them prostitutes, people who ain't in govt nawa 4 u ooo

mildflame:



Hahaha hungry don finish dis one no more LOOTING BAZAR sai GMB

Ok

johnmartus:
SEUN REQUEST FOR THEIR AGE BEFORE ALLOW THEM NAIRALAND IS NOT A FACEBOOK WHERE 12YEARS OLD SLAMMED 60YEAR OLD

It was okay 2 u when gej was slammed...

samento:
So it is Buhari again that should also ister and also pay PDP office workers. Na wah o!

Sacasm

dklex:


What's this one saying?

Question

amaechi1:


What has Buhari got to do with this. I stand to be corrected, there was never a place buhari or terrorist was mentioned in the publication. Except you read the piece while your gadget was turned upside down.

Ok

omoplaycool:
Bros.. Please note that am note an Apc fan but even the bible onishes us to pray for those in power so it .might go well with us .no matter what you think of him if we all him as our president ( cause he is ) God on his infinite mercy will guide him the way to go.
God bless you
God bless Nairalanders
God bless Mr President
And God bless Nigeria

Ok where we're you when el rufai called gej terrorist? Did they ever Gej?

barcaboi:
receive some sense...wetin concern Buhari wt PDP again.......haba na

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gigabyte13:


you are still hating on a 73years old man at ur age? Your life most surely be boring. Haters are liable to die young oooo. Your papa and mama needs u more than a 73years old Baba ooooo

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tainot2002:


Common sense they said is not ccommon...Receive sense

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buygala:
So Muhammadu Victor Buhari is now President of Britain ... He talks more to BBC than he talks to his countrymen


Instead of our President talking to us directly, he takes his yarns to Foreign media, who in turn tells us what our President says


Instead, he sends Mr Lie and Garbage Shehu to feed us expired dogfood, without even showing our collective intelligence some respect by making the lies and silly propaganda a bit plausible

Thank God he even presented the 2016 National Budget to our National Assembly.... I won't be surprised if the 2017 budget is presented to the British Parliament,in order to avoid his being 'misquoted or 'misunderstod'

Buhari is a terrorist... he will go the way of saddam hussein