By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Thursday it will soon publish the passport numbers of 100 travellers who refused to undergo the mandatory COVID-19 test after returning to the country.
Travellers are mandated to run the rest seven days after their arrival.
At its briefing today in Abuja, the PTF said the holders of the passports will be suspended from travelling for a minimum of six months for flouting obligation to test.
At the last briefing, Boss Mustapha, chairman of the task force, had said a total of 20,216 in-bound travellers refused to show up for the post arrival test they signed up, thereby endangering Nigerians who are at home.
He had said the PTF had concluded arrangements with the Nigeria Immigration Service “to impose sanctions on these defaulters for breaching the public health protocols, within ambit of the law.”