The federal government has threatened to suspend flights
from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Netherlands as a reciprocal action.
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the
federation, was speaking during the presidential task force on COVID-19 (PTF)
briefing in Abuja on Monday.
Mustapha said the ministry of aviation and the Nigerian
Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have been directed to take necessary reciprocal
measures permissible by law and other international obligations.
“For over a month, Nigeria has been engaging with the authorities of the UAE and the Netherlands over pre-departure testing requirements passengers should meet before travelling from Nigeria,” Mustapha said.
On February 1, 2021, Emirates Airline, which operates from
Dubai, announced that it would conduct rapid COVID-19 tests for Nigerian
travellers at the Lagos and Abuja airports before departure in addition to
banning transit flights operated by other airlines with Nigerians on them.
The NCAA opposed this move and placed a 72-hour suspension
on outbound Emirates flights from Nigeria.
At the time, the agency said the airline has been airlifting
passengers from Nigeria using rapid antigen tests conducted by laboratories not
approved by regulatory authorities.
The ban was lifted after the carrier agreed to withdraw the
rapid antigen testing done prior to the departure flights from Nigeria.
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