Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, has confirmed that Nigerians living in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where coronavirus was first discovered, expressed their reluctance to return home.

Lai Mohammed at a press conference on Friday January 31, noted that the federal government cannot stop Nigerians from travelling to China, stating that they are already in contact with 16 Nigerians living in Wuhan.

“We know it is a bit difficult to ban people from travelling.

“Another thing is that this is not a basis to stigmatise people who come from there.
“Even if we have Nigerians who are there, unless they indicate interest that they want to come home, we can’t force them.

“They have, however, not indicated their interest to come home. They will, however, contact our embassy if they like to come home.

“We need a lot of public enlightenment. We need to let people who travel know that there is the need for absolute transparency and absolute honesty when they are filling out forms.”

The minister said this shortly after Federal government issued a travel advisory to Nigerians, telling them not to travel to China over the flu-like virus ravaging the Asian country.

source: https://yawanigeria.com/2020/02/01/coronavirus-lai-mohammed-says-nigerians-in-affected-area-of-chine-are-unwilling-to-come-back/