..says owners of 100 banned passports already
calling
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The Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration,
Muhammed Babandede, has said the future of global travels will be
PRC tests or vaccines certificate.
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This is even as he said some of owners of the 100 passports
banned for failing to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after
returning into the country, having started calling to do the right
thing in order to travel.
He spoke at the media briefing by the Presidential Task Force
(PTF) on COVID-19, on Tuesdays.
The Nigerian government had on Monday published the passport
details of 100 travellers who failed to undergo the compulsory
COVID-19 test after returning into the country.
The details were also published on the Presidential Task Force
(PTF) on COVID-19’s official website on Saturday night.
“The PTF has placed travel restrictions on the first 100
passengers for non-compliance to the mandatory Day 7 post-arrival
COVID-19 test,” the PTF had said.
Babandede said: “It is clear to everybody that the future of
travels is health. The next visa for global travel is health
especially the COVID certificate. I can assure you that you may not
be able to cross Nigerian borders without the Vaccine certificate
or your COVID test result.
“Also it is our duty to implement the directive of Mr.
President, the powers is enshrined in the Immigration Act, the
Constitution and from the regulation of COVID-19.
“The powers are there to restrict the person that has refused to
comply with any regulation. Because lack of compliance to COVID-19
regulations is a threat to public health. The public health is a
big issue in the country and so based on that directives, we have
complied by blocking 100 passports from traveling. Which means,
even if they go to police and declare those passports missing, they
cannot be reissued anywhere in the world and they cannot cross our
national borders until the period of six months or communication
received from the right authorities stating that they have
compiled. This will also include non-Nigerians, we have the powers
to revoke visas, even the comptroller general has the power to
revoke visas.
“So based on the powers given and additional condition for
entering Nigeria today, you must have COVID test result, we will
make you comply. You must have evidence of payment. If you do the
test it means you have complied, if you have not done the test it
means you have violated the condition of entering the country, your
visa will be revoked.
“So I want to assure Nigerians that we are implementing the
directives. I have started receiving calls from those whose
passports numbers were published, I told them no problem, I didn’t
put your number there but you violated the protocol. So go back to
the health sector and make sure you comply.
“You see, Nigerians are wonderful, they refused to do the test
after over a month of returning to the country but now they are
calling to say they want to travel, their children are returning to
school. Please comply, Immigration has no business with anybody, we
are implementing the directives handed down to us.”
..says owners of 100 banned passports already
calling
The Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration,
Muhammed Babandede, has said the future of global travels will be
PRC tests or vaccines certificate.
This is even as he said some of owners of the 100 passports
banned for failing to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after
returning into the country, having started calling to do the right
thing in order to travel.
He spoke at the media briefing by the Presidential Task Force
(PTF) on COVID-19, on Tuesdays.
The Nigerian government had on Monday published the passport
details of 100 travellers who failed to undergo the compulsory
COVID-19 test after returning into the country.
The details were also published on the Presidential Task Force
(PTF) on COVID-19’s official website on Saturday night.
“The PTF has placed travel restrictions on the first 100
passengers for non-compliance to the mandatory Day 7 post-arrival
COVID-19 test,” the PTF had said.
Babandede said: “It is clear to everybody that the future of
travels is health. The next visa for global travel is health
especially the COVID certificate. I can assure you that you may not
be able to cross Nigerian borders without the Vaccine certificate
or your COVID test result.
“Also it is our duty to implement the directive of Mr.
President, the powers is enshrined in the Immigration Act, the
Constitution and from the regulation of COVID-19.
“The powers are there to restrict the person that has refused to
comply with any regulation. Because lack of compliance to COVID-19
regulations is a threat to public health. The public health is a
big issue in the country and so based on that directives, we have
complied by blocking 100 passports from traveling. Which means,
even if they go to police and declare those passports missing, they
cannot be reissued anywhere in the world and they cannot cross our
national borders until the period of six months or communication
received from the right authorities stating that they have
compiled. This will also include non-Nigerians, we have the powers
to revoke visas, even the comptroller general has the power to
revoke visas.
“So based on the powers given and additional condition for
entering Nigeria today, you must have COVID test result, we will
make you comply. You must have evidence of payment. If you do the
test it means you have complied, if you have not done the test it
means you have violated the condition of entering the country, your
visa will be revoked.
“So I want to assure Nigerians that we are implementing the
directives. I have started receiving calls from those whose
passports numbers were published, I told them no problem, I didn’t
put your number there but you violated the protocol. So go back to
the health sector and make sure you comply.
“You see, Nigerians are wonderful, they refused to do the test
after over a month of returning to the country but now they are
calling to say they want to travel, their children are returning to
school. Please comply, Immigration has no business with anybody, we
are implementing the directives handed down to us.”