18 November 2021
The federal government has announced the possibility of resuming flights between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates, UAE.
National incident manager of the presidential steering group on Covid-19, Mukhtar Muhammad, said both countries had agreed on the UAE government’s revised travel limits and conditions.
He explained that, in order to maintain harmony, the federal government has agreed to the COVID-19 testing requirement imposed by the UAE government in March 2021.
Direct flights between both countries were suspended in March over issues relating to COVID-19 protocol.
Meanwhile, the Director-general of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Musa Nuhu, has said that Emirates Airline will soon resume its flight operations in and out of Nigeria.
According to Nuhu, there were still ongoing discussions with the airline.
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