The federal government has barred international flights from coming into Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Abuja to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Igbere TV.
Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Musa Nuhu, announced this in a statement obtained by Igbere TV on Saturday.
“Effective Monday 23 March at 2300Z to 23 April at 2300z, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos (DNMM) and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport ABuja (DNAA) will be closed to international flights,” a statement by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority read.
Three other international airports in Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt had earlier been shut for flight operations.
Nuhu said the closure would last till April 23, adding that emergency and essential flights would be operated from both airports within the period.
He said the measure was expedient due to the ravaging coronavirus pandemic which jumped from 12 to 22 cases in Nigeria.
Nuhu noted that domestic flight operations would continue normally in all airports in the country.
