Nigeria

Entry / Entrée

ALL PASSENGERS ARRIVING INTO NIGERIA:

A. PRE-DEPARTURE FROM COUNTRY OF EXIT:

Public health measures are applicable to all passengers entering or leaving Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  1. All travellers arriving in Nigeria must have tested NEGATIVE for COVID-19 by PCR in country of departure. The PCR test MUST be within 96 hours (4days) before departure and preferably within 72 hours before boarding. This is a mandatory requirement;
  2. All intending passengers are required to register via an online national payment portal (Nigeria International Travel Portal – http://nitp.ncdc.gov.ng) and pay for a repeat (second) PCR test to be done upon arrival in Nigeria.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Inbound passengers to Nigeria are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to use the International Travel Online Portal to provide required health information, upload pre-departure Covid-19 PCR test result, pay for a repeat Covid-19 PCR test within 7 days of arrival in Nigeria and generate a QR Bar Code.

Failure by any inbound pax to provide required information on the Nigerian International travel online portal may lead to significant delays upon arrival at the airport.

All intending passengers are required to register via an online national payment portal (Nigeria International Travel Portal – http://nitp.ncdc.gov.ng) and pay for a repeat (second) PCR test to be done upon arrival in Nigeria. Once payment is completed, passengers will receive an e-mail from the selected laboratory of their choice providing them with the laboratory link to register for the repeat COVID-19 PCR test on the 7th day after arrival. Passengers will be able to choose a Sample Collection Center and an appointment time and date for sample collection. A list of accredited private laboratory providers and Sample Collection Centers across the country will be available on the payment platform and the NCDC website;

  1. Passengers will be required to fill in an online Health Declaration/Self-Reporting Form located on the Nigeria International Travel Portal. They will be required to submit the completed form online or provide a print out for presentation on arrival. They should ensure that the information/contact details provided on the form are correct, verifiable and travelers should be reachable on the phone number and address provided. Passengers must inform Port Health officials on arrival of any change in their health circumstances since completion of the Health Declaration/Self-Reporting Form;
  2. Prior to boarding, passengers are requested to upload their COVID-19 PCR NEGATIVE results on to the national payment portal and bring along an electronic or hard copy of the result for presentation at the airport. At the time of boarding, all travellers will undergo thermal screening temperature screening and questioned for COVID-19 symptoms. Passengers with COVID-19 related signs and symptoms will not be allowed to board the flight; and
  3. Airlines must only board passengers with NEGATIVE COVID-19 test results carried out within the stipulated 120 hours before departure and preferably 72hrs before boarding.
  4. Airlines that board passengers without a NEGATIVE COVID-19 PCR tests or test results of more than 120 hours prior to departure, will be sanctioned as follows:
  5. Non- Nigerians may be refused entry and returned to the point of embarkation at cost to the airlines;
  6. Nigerians will be allowed entry, but subjected to a mandatory quarantine of 8 -14 days (depending on results of COVID-19 PCR test done from day 7 of arrival) at a facility approved by the government and at a cost to the passenger(s); and
  7. Airlines will be fined USD 3,500 per passenger for
  1. Failure to comply with the pre-boarding requirements OR
  2. Carrying passengers with a POSITIVE COVID-19 PCR test OR
  3. Without a PCR TEST RESULT

B. ON ARRIVAL IN NIGERIA

All passengers/persons arriving in Nigeria will be required:

  1. To go through the routine Port Health screening and present electronic or print-out evidence of pre-boarding PCR test results and evidence of payment/appointment for a repeat PCR test, in-country;
  2. To present their international passports for clearance through the Nigerian Immigration Service System’s Migrants Identification Data Analysis System (MIDAS). Passenger’s biodata page and picture will be forwarded to all COVID-19 PCR Sample Collection Centers to enable proper identification before sample collection. Passports will not be retained by the Nigerian Immigration Service;
  3. To proceed on 7-day self-isolation/quarantine, during which time they are to avoid physical interaction with friends, family, colleagues, and other members of the public (i.e. must observe strict physical and social distancing). Passengers are please reminded to check their emails regularly for updates regarding the arrangement for their repeat COVID-19 PCR test from the laboratory of their choice;
  4. To present themselves at the sample collection centers on the 7th day of arrival; samples will be taken, and a COVID-19 PCR test done; a reminder text message may be sent to the passenger by the private laboratory provider a day before the appointment. Kindly note that:
  5. Passengers who fail to submit themselves at the sample collection centers on day 7 of arrival will be sent text reminders and their details forwarded to the State Public Health Department teams and NCDC for active follow-up;
  6. Private laboratories will be required to forward details of passengers who decline repeat PCR test by day 14 of arrival will face a penalty. These passengers may face suspension of their passports or inclusion on a travel watchlist for 6 months and denied foreign travel for this period;
  7. Test results will be ready within 24 to 48 hours and the State Public Health Department teams & Nigeria Center for Disease Control will be informed accordingly;
  8. Persons who test POSITIVE for COVID-19 will be managed based on National Guidelines for COVID-19 treatment;
  9. Persons who test NEGATIVE for COVID-19 after 7 days will end self-isolation on the 8th day;
  10. Travellers reporting or developing symptoms of COVID-19 on arrival, or during screening will not be allowed to self-quarantine and will be placed in institutional quarantine;
  11. For deportees, if one person tests positive for COVID-19, all close primary contacts will be required to undergo enhanced screening and a follow-up PCR test if necessary; and
  12. Passengers will be monitored by Public Health Officers during the period of self –isolation/quarantine. For this reason, passengers will be required to provide a functioning telephone number on their online registration forms. Persons who develop symptoms of COVID-19 during the isolation period will immediately be tested for COVID-19. If POSITIVE, they will be managed based on National Guidelines for COVID-19 treatment.

EXCEPTIONS:

  1. Children aged 10 years and below traveling to Nigeria are exempted from the provision of a NEGATIVE COVID-19 PCR test result as a requirement for boarding flights. Payment for the repeat Covid-19 PCR test in Nigeria is also not applicable to this age group.
    1. Diplomats traveling to Nigeria are required to use the Nigerian International travel online portal to provide the required information and upload their Negative COVID-19 PCR test results. The payment for the repeat COVID-19 PCR test in Nigeria is also not applicable to diplomats.

C. EXIT FROM SELF-ISOLATION

Persons who have tested NEGATIVE for COVID-19 after 7 days of self-isolation/quarantine will be allowed to exit self-isolation on day 8.

Exit/Sortie

Where this is a requirement for a Covid-19 test result at transit points and/or destination countries, outbound passengers are strongly advised to book and get tested at government approved Covid-19 testing laboratories which can be accessed via https://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/laboratory/. It is the responsibility of the passengers to confirm the travel health protocols/requirements from the embassies/airlines and ensure compliance with all requirements.It is the responsibility of the airlines to ensure all outbound passengers meet the Covid-19 Health protocols/requirements of all transit points and/or destination countries before boarding such passengers

Source: ASKY
Last update: March 24/2021

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