Nigeria will bar entry to nationals of countries that do not allow Nigerians to enter amid the new coronavirus pandemic, the aviation minister said on Friday. Minister Hadi Sirika told airline and travel industry representatives on a Zoom call late on Friday that a reciprocal ban on travel would apply to both airlines and citizens. “If they ban both the passengers and the carriers together, then that’s what’s going to happen,” Sirika said. SEE ALSO: Speaking or singing loudly could help to spread coronavirus, scientists warnCovid 19 Time SeriesA day earlier, a spokesman for Sirika said the reciprocal ban targeted landing rights for aircraft, rather than citizens. But Sirika said completely reciprocal measures were a matter of fairness to Nigerians.

Source: Standard Digital August 23, 2020 16:56 UTC