The Presidential Committee to Combat the Corona Virus announced directives for travellers coming to Nigeria, the most important of which are the following:

Pre-departure procedures:

1. Passengers arriving in Nigeria are required to undergo a Covid -19 test  before departure, within a period not exceeding 15 days after their arrival in the country, preferably not more than 5 days, and the result of the examination must be negative.

2. Arrivals: After entering the plane, must fill in a health status declaration form and a form for determining the time for collecting samples for examination, and they must ensure that the information they record about their phone numbers and addresses in Nigeria is correct.

 

Procedures upon arrival Nigeria:

1. They should take care to adhere to the guidelines of social isolation, use of masks, hand-washing and other health measures.

2. All arrivals must do self-isolation for two weeks and not leave the city they arrived in (Lagos or Abuja) for the duration of the isolation period. Travellers residing in other cities or states must bear the cost of accommodation and subsistence throughout the isolation period in Lagos or Abuja.

3. The airport immigration authorities will retain the passports of arrivals until the expiry of the period of isolation (except for holders of diplomatic passports),

4. The examination will be repeated within 72 hours of arrival.

5. Arrivals who cannot stay in Abuja or Lagos during the period of self-isolation can be allowed to go to their states after making sure that they are free of infection through examination, making sure to provide correct information to the health authorities about the addresses of their housing and phone numbers.

6. After completing the period of self-isolation, the arrivals will be subject to an interview with the health authorities. Immigration authorities will be notified to hand over their passports. Alternative arrangements can be made to receive the passport, such as sending it via express mail.

7. Diplomats are exempt from quarantine procedures, provided that a negative test result obtained within a period of no more than 15 days is shown.