Adepeju Adenuga, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Solomon OdeniyiVirologists and other health experts have warned that corrupt practices of airport officials who aid inbound passengers to evade the COVID-19 test may lead to the spike in infections in the country.
They warned that unless the errant officials and the evaders were checked, the country would record more infections. The NCAA stated that the decision was taken in view of the challenges some travellers to Nigeria were experiencing while trying to fill their health and travel history into Nigeria’s international travel portal.
The PUNCH findings, however, indicated that airport officials in Lagos and Abuja were cashing in on this directive to make illegal money. Narrating his ordeal, the law-abiding passenger, who arrived in the country on September 17, stated that an airport official assisted him with the documentation of his pre-arrival COVID-19 test because he was unable to submit his registration details prior to his arrival.