The Federal Government has said the closure of all local and international airports in the country would last till four weeks, due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
This was revealed on Wednesday by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
He said, “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.”
It will be recalled that all airports in the country were on March 21 shut as part of intensive measures being taken to prevent the Coronavirus from spreading.
