International flight resumption: Nigeria President Buhari give greenlight for airlines to begin process to reopen
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari don approve di extension of di second phase of di eased lockdown for anoda four weeks.
Dis extension na di third for di second phase of lockdown wey di kontri dey currently observe. Oga Boss Mustapha, wey be di Secretary to di goment of di Federation (SGF) and Chairman of di Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 na im tok dis one during di Task Force briefing for Abuja on Thursday. D Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 also tell di aviation authorities and airline operators to begin di process for di reopening of international flights. According to Sani Aliyu di National coordinator, PTF On COVID-19; "For international travel, we don make recommendations to di aviation industry to commence di process for opening international airports, provided say all existing international and local prevention guidelines on Covid-19 dey in place" "We don modify di advise with regard to arrival for flight. Passengers wey dey arrive di airport for domestic flight dey advise to arrive at least one and di half hours before di flight and three hours before international flight wen dem restart." "For interstate travel, free movement for pipo and goods go continue but only outside di curfew hours." E add say pipo must follow strict compliance to di guideline for transportation. On Wednesday August 5, members of di Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 brief President, Muhammadu Buhari on dia plans to stop di spread of coronavirus and di way forward. Di meeting happun inside di Presidential Villa, for Abuja and di chairman, Boss Mustapha, wey also be Secretary to di goment of di federation na im lead di PTF team. Odas for di meeting na di PTF national coordinator, Sani Aliyu; di Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire; and di Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu. Currently Nigeria get 44,433 cases of coronavirus for di kontri. 31,851 pipo don recover from di disease while 910 don die. Di meeting dey come ahead of today announcement of new guidelines by the task force. Oda tins wey di PTF on COVID-19 tok