Gbenro Adesina
The Federal Government has postponed the resumption of international flights earlier scheduled for August 29 2020 to September 5, 2020.
This was disclosed today by the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja.
He said the government was pushing ahead with the implementation of the principle of reciprocity against nationals of some countries that were imposing stringent travel conditions on Nigerian citizens on the bases of COVID-19 cases in the country.
According to him, a comprehensive list of the affected countries would be released to the public alongside the COVID-19 protocols.
The postponement came barely 48 hours to commencement of international flight expected to start from Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
