The federal government has threatened to impose a travel ban on very important persons (VIPs) and government officials, who violated COVID-19 protocols.
Dr. Sani Aliyu, the national coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) stated this in a video posted by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture on its Twitter handle urging people to change their behaviours.
Watch #PTFCOVID19 National Coordinator, @DrSaniAliyu explain #COVID19 protocol enforcement.#TakeResponsibility @DigiCommsNG @NigeriaGov pic.twitter.com/2PTSpVJiMt
— Fed Min of Info & Cu (@FMICNigeria) January 6, 2021
Aliyu said, “We want to change people’s behaviour. We’ve shown that we are going to do it. We have done it and we will continue to do it every week until things change. It is not like we want to punish people but if you continue to put our country at risk, we will take action.
“Next week, we will publish another 100, subsequent weeks, we will continue to publish until we see an improvement in terms of the compliance. So, whether you are a VIP, whether you are a government official, whether you are in a leadership position, if you do not follow the travel protocols, there will be repercussions.
“We do not publish names because the essence of doing the entire exercise is to force people to comply with our protocols.”
Recall that the federal government had last week published the passport numbers of 100 defaulting travelers, who failed to undergo a COVID-19 test after returning into the country.
