Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has spoken on the criteria for passengers to enter the country.
At the daily briefing of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, he said that passengers flying into Nigeria must register online, pay for COVID-19 test fee and upload the negative result not older than 72 hours before boarding.
He also stated that airlines that carry a passenger without test results would be fined $3,500 per passenger in addition to being turned back.
Also, international flights will resume September 5 and planes from countries that banned flights from Nigeria will not enter the country.
