COVID-19: Ayade Urges Buhari to Lift Ban on Domestic Flights
As Nigeria grapples with the impact of the coronavirus on the economy, Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to lift the ban on domestic flights.
According to him, “the suspension of domestic flights has affected most hotels leading to their closure. It is so bad that most hotels including the 5-star hotels are shutting down because they cannot is even sustain the cost of diesel for their generating sets and as that happens, they start laying off workers. So you have a lot of workers, young people who used to work in the hotels and tourism industry out of jobs.
The Cross River state number one citizen said rather than ban domestic flights, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control should devise strict guidelines to enable the airlines sector to continue to operate without escalating the number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
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