SAN FRANCISCO, May 06, (THEWILL) – Nigeria Wednesday extended the closure of airports and suspension of flights into the country for another four weeks over the rising cases of the coronavirus in the country.
Boss Mustapha, the chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19 and secretary to the government of the federation announced the development at the daily press briefing of the team in Abuja.
“Tomorrow marks the last day for the enforcement of the closure of Nigeria’s airspace to flights. We have assessed the situation in the aviation industry and have come to the conclusion that given the facts available to us and based on the advice of experts, the ban on all flights will be extended for an additional four weeks,” the politician said.
Nigeria closed its airspace in March.
