FG Warns VIPs, Investigates Yari, Fintiri over Breach of Airport Protocols
Olawale Ajimotokan and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
This is coming as the federal government has asked owners of businesses and shops to deny any customer not wearing face mask access to their facilities. He said the passengers will be investigated and prosecuted by the police for the alleged infraction, owhich attracts a jail sentence of not less than two months if found guilty.
The minister, who quoted the Nigeria Civil Aviation regulations part 19 Section 91 and part 17 97 , which define an unruly passenger and how to deal with them for the offence committed at the airport terminal building or on board an aircraft. He also added that Sokoto, Katsina, and Kebbi states’ airports will be inspected today and will be opened afterwards, while Ilorin, Ibadan, Benin and Akure airports will not be ready for inspection until July 20, going by the assurance by the local airport managers.
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha said yesterday that 63 per cent of the alcohol-based sanitizers in Abuja did not have NAFDAC registration numbers.
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