The Federal Government has vowed to deal with foreign airlines who violate coronavirus screening procedures for passengers arriving in the country add
The Federal Government has vowed to deal with foreign airlines who violate coronavirus screening procedures for passengers arriving in the country adding that failure to distribute forms means sabotage.
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said airlines that failed to distribute contact tracing forms to their passengers upon arrival at any of the international airports in the country would be sanctioned, ThePunch is reporting
Providing further explanations, the Director, Public Affairs and Communications, Federal Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu, stated that the government would not take it lightly with any airline that did not give screening forms to its passengers.
He said, “Of course, there are sanctions that airlines will face if they fail to distribute those forms. These are forms that are meant to help control the spread of coronavirus in Nigeria and so if an airline fails to share the forms, that will amount to sabotage.
“Any airline that refuses to do that is sabotaging the government’s efforts at safeguarding the people. So it will be considered a big offence and severe sanctions will apply. But the specific sanctions, I don’t know at the moment.”
