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COVID-19: FG extends airport closure by two weeks
The Federal Government has extended the closure of airports in the country by two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Monday.
TheFederal Government shut all international airports in the country on Monday, March 23 for one month.
Subsequently, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had extended the closure to all local airports in the country while announcing 14-day lockdown in Abuja; Lagos and Ogun States on March 29.
Buhari, on April 13, had extended the lockdown in the three cities by two weeks.
The Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja are two major entry points into Nigeria.
Despite the closure of these airports and all others in the country to commercial flight operations, the government had said emergency and essential flights could be operated from any of the airports within the period.
But announcing on Monday via Twitter, the aviation minister said the airports would no longer open for commercial operations on April 23 due to the extended lockdown in the three cities.
