Dr. Sani Aliyu, national coordinator of the Presidential Working Group on COVID-19, revealed that more than 27,000 foreign passengers arrived in Nigeria through the COVID-19 pandemic despite strict procedures for opening Lagos and Abuja airports.
Aliyu said this was a webinar organized on Saturday through the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and coordinated through its President / CEO, the Honorable Bike Dabiri-Erewa for Nigerians entering the country through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aliyu said of the 27,000 passengers, 18,000 arrived through Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, while the remaining 9,000 arrived via Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja.
He explained that the executing organization had proposed what others thought were strict procedures because it was imperative to restrict the importation of Covid-19 into Nigeria, to prevent it from transmitting the flight and to decrease the quarantine period.
He told the Nigerians in the diaspora that they participated in the webinar that public laboratories cannot conduct loose tests because the federal government cannot and is not sustainable.
“It’s anything the government can afford. We’ll run out of check kits,” he said. He explained that the federal government does get money from personal laboratories as it would have liked to subsidize, but that it is sustainable through the government.
“We appreciate the difficulties other people are going through. It will be resolved,” as it commended NIDCOM for living up to expectations by coordinating diaspora considerations on implemented protocols.
Aliyu added that the merit of the pre-shipment verification is to prevent other people with Covid-19 from settling in Nigeria, as the verification will take place no more than 120 hours before shipment.
He also pleaded with travellers outside Nigeria to check with the country they travel to if control of Covid 19 is a condition of entry.
Speaking about the main charge of the test, Aliyu said that the federal government is looking to decrease the PCR charge for personal laboratories which will in turn paint in the industry.
The National Coordinator stated that young people under the age of 10 do want to take the check and that “if they have been paid, they will be reimbursed. “
With regard to the verification procedure for foreign travelers staying outside Lagos or Abuja, Aliyu said: “If there is no personal laboratory in its final destination state, the laboratory you have selected for verification at the time of registration will be configured for your employer. to be removed from a designated laboratory.
“TFP and NCDC are running with all states to create a personal mechanism. We’ve already approached 6 or 7 states that have personal labs in their states,” he said.
He revealed that a list of accredited personal laboratories, especially if traveling outside the country, is located on the NCDC micro site covid19. ncdc. gov. ng/personallabs,” he said.
He suggested that all passengers travelling to Nigeria update all required data on the Nigerian foreign portal before boarding, which will automatically generate a QR code that is required upon arrival.
He also said that any passenger forced to pay more than once had to be reimbursed, adding that the visitor service had been parked at the airports.
Previously, the Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa, president and ceo of NIDCOM, said the Commission held the public assembly of the webinar due to the judicial cases and frustrations faced by some Nigerians in the diaspora, in order to tell and disseminate useful information.
Dabiri-Erewa asked all travelers to be patient with PTF COVID-19’s immigration policy and said every effort will be made to alleviate the difficulties faced by those entering the country.
In response, Mr. Obed Monago, President of NIDO Americas, Mr. Olawale Odutayo, Mr. Tony Issima and other speakers congratulated the honourable Dabiri-Erewa Bicycle on being proactive in continuously controlling diaspora concerns.
Seemingly excited through the platform provided through NIDCOM to explain all the thorny disruptions related to COVID-19 pandemic travel, participants described the webinar as “useful, timely and informative. “
“This is the first time nigerians in the diaspora have influenced the country’s primary policies,” many said.
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