
In-bound Passengers Evading COVID-19 Test Risk Sanction
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, directed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Nigeria Immigration Service to ensure that all in-bound passengers who failed to show up for post-arrival COVID-19 test were sanctioned within the ambit of the law.
Buhari also extended the mandate of the PTF led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, till the end of March 2021.
Buhari announced the extension at a meeting he had with members of the task force during which they presented their end-of-the-year report to him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President attributed the extension to the second wave of the virus.
The President said, “I have authorized the following measures for implementation: the extension of