International Travel Portal Now Fully Operational – NCAA

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said that the International Travel Portal is now fully functional.

It, therefore, enjoined all airlines that are operational and the travelling public to
abide by the following requirements.

The Director-General of NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu said, inbound passengers
to Nigeria are strongly recommended to use the international travel online portal to provide required information.

He urged them to upload their pre-departure COVID-19 PCR text results, pay for a repeat COVID-19 PCR test to be carried out 7 days upon arriving the country and generate a QR barcode.

He added that the presentation of a CR barcode on arrival in Nigeria will expedite clearance and prevent unnecessarily
delay and congestion at the airports.

The directives were contained in a memo to all foreign airline operators flying into Nigeria which was made available to
Insidebusiness.ng on Monday.

It was signed by Nuhu titled, ‘All
operators letter (DG 038/20)’ with reference: NCAA/DG/AIR/11/260.

The subject of the memo dated September 18, 2020, is: ‘Online platform
service difficulties.’

Nuhu warned that failure by any inbound passengers to provide required information on the Nigerian international travel online portal may lead to significant delays at the airport upon arrival for processing of requisite Port Health Screening, manual filling of forms and payment for the repeat COVID-19 PCR test.

He stated that 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/.

He added that it is the responsibility of passengers to confirm the travel health protocols/requirements from the embassies/airlines and ensure compliance with all requirements.

According to him, it is the responsibility of airlines to ensure that all outbound passengers meet the COVID-19 health
protocols/requirements of all transit points and or destination countries before boarding such passengers.

He said, “The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has also made some changes to the provisional quarantine protocols for travellers arriving in Nigeria from any country as follows: All travellers arriving Nigeria must have tested Negative for COVID-19 by PCR in the country of departure. The PCR test must be within 120 hours (5 days) before departure and preferably within 72 hours before boarding.

“Please note that this is a mandatory requirement except for (b) below. Airlines carrying passengers with a positive COVID-19 PCR text result, or without a PCR text result will be fined $3,500 per passenger.

“Children aged ten (10) years and below travelling to Nigeria are exempted from the position of negative COVID-19 PCR test as a requirement for boarding flights.

“The payment for the repeat COVID-19 PCR test in Nigeria is also not applicable to this age group.

“Diplomats travelling to Nigeria are required to use the Nigerian
International travel portal to provide the required information and load their negative COVID-19 PCR test results.

“The payment for the repeat COVID-19 PCR test in Nigeria is also not applicable to diplomats.

“This All Operators Letter (AOL) supersedes previous AOL on the above subject.”