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Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by lalasticlala(m): 11:28am On Feb 26, 2020
The Federal Government will not stop Nigerians from travelling to China or any other country where coronavirus has manifested.

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known while addressing newsmen shortly after a meeting of the inter-ministerial and multi-sectoral committee on coronavirus held at the Ministry of Health, Abuja on Friday.

He said that rather than impose a travel ban, there will be travel advisory that will help Nigerians who wish to visit China to do so without any encumbrances to their health and wellbeing.

“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.

“I know we have Nigerians in Wuhan; our Embassy in China has confirmed that we have about 16 Nigerians in Wuhan and they are in touch with them.

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

The minister said there was a need for the general public to be enlightened and for Nigerians travelling to be absolutely transparent.

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

“Some people don’t take the forms seriously and they do mislead authorities when they are asked to declare their status.

“One of the major advantages of the declaration of global emergency for coronavirus by WHO is that they understand that combating it can be really expensive and there are states that cannot afford it.

“But there are partners that can help such countries. But right now, we are in the stage of working together inter-ministerially to make sure we address the epidemic,” he said.

NAN reports that the coronavirus committee is made up of several line ministries, including Health, Aviation, Transport, Information and Culture, Police Affairs, Internal Affairs, Agriculture and Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Also, the committee involves various government agencies and parastatals as well as state governors where international airports are located, Lagos, Enugu, Rivers and Kano.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Health Organisation has declared the coronavirus as a public health emergency of international concern.

https://m.guardian.ng/news/nigeria/coronavirus-fg-will-not-stop-nigerians-from-travelling-to-china-mohammed/

What are the implications of this? Won't they go and bring back the disease to Nigeria?

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by Froshloaded: 11:30am On Feb 26, 2020
If they go sha
They should not be allowed to come back

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by MANNABBQGRILLS: 11:33am On Feb 26, 2020
He said that rather than impose a travel ban, there will be travel advisory that will help Nigerians who wish to visit China to do so without any encumbrances to their health and wellbeing.
This makes sense enough.

They have, however, not indicated their interest to come home. They will, however, contact our embassy if they like to come home,” he said.
Nigerians in Wuhan,
We've said it times without numbers,
Please, get in touch with the Nigerian embassy over there. especially at this perilous times.

The minister said there was a need for the general public to be enlightened and for Nigerians travelling to be absolutely transparent.
This is highly important and necessary.
There was a Corona thread from last week,
and it was mind blowing what some Nairalanders were typing about their brothers and sisters in China!
it was sickening!!

“ There is a need for absolute transparency and absolute honesty when they are filling out forms.
And this is another important issue.
We know how some of our people can lie, especially when it comes to forms filling.
And lying on other mundane issue.

May God continue to protect us and our families from this deadly virus.

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by aleeyus(m): 11:33am On Feb 26, 2020
ipobWARLORD:
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ipobWARLORD:
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Buhari is truly democrat

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by LeeMason(m): 11:33am On Feb 26, 2020
FG should ban the Chinese from entering Nigeria. .

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by meum: 11:34am On Feb 26, 2020
undecided
Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by Olalan(m): 11:34am On Feb 26, 2020
The govt. Needs to educate the citizens on precautions to take to avoid getting infected and one of it is discouraging people from visiting infected countries.
BTW some multinational corporations are banning employees from travelling to infected countries how much more a country

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by olenime(m): 11:34am On Feb 26, 2020
YOu can go, but dont try to come back.

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by Simplebeauty: 11:34am On Feb 26, 2020
grin

coronavirus please don't come to Nigeria oh. Our leaders are not ready for you oh







Are you interested in affordable loans?

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by deolurexy1(m): 11:34am On Feb 26, 2020
Am tired of this country walahi

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by MANNABBQGRILLS: 11:35am On Feb 26, 2020
tsephanyah:
CDC report that's Nigerians and other black Africans are immune to the Covid 19

Immuned
That is a lie o

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by OBTMOS(m): 11:35am On Feb 26, 2020
Hmmmm
Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by Sunnycliff(m): 11:35am On Feb 26, 2020
Yes we are able to contain the virus.... Lai Mohammed
Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by Dottore: 11:35am On Feb 26, 2020
Ok
Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by money121(m): 11:35am On Feb 26, 2020
Ok
Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by ipobWARLORD: 11:35am On Feb 26, 2020
angry

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by MANNABBQGRILLS: 11:35am On Feb 26, 2020
aleeyus:
Buhari is truly democrat
You can say that again!

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by SOFTDRINK: 11:35am On Feb 26, 2020
Lie Mohammed again with his bags of lies.


Why will this old man always lie about things that are glaring to everyone.


Nigerians in Wuhan have been begging the federal government to come evacuate them from there, but this minister of lies is telling us they never indicated interest in coming back.

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by happney65: 11:35am On Feb 26, 2020
Froshloaded:
If they go sha
They should not be allowed to come back

simple as ABC..

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by YorubaKinging: 11:36am On Feb 26, 2020
Those that banned thier citizens from China self dey Catch the virus talkess of you that open your yansh
Well if the virus enters Nigeria , it can't come close to Yoruba land because God is here

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by Emestar1999: 11:36am On Feb 26, 2020
Lia can lie sha

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by kennyz247(m): 11:37am On Feb 26, 2020
nice gesture from from didirin lie lie Muhammad aka lieing machine and his fellow presidency
who wan go China abeg make hm go ooo sharpaly,but plss no allow anybody from China come ds our one chance Nigeria, Nigeria hard, but we still like am soooo ,make uwna no go add more sand to d gari we dey manage for ds conty ooooooo

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by tribalistseun: 11:37am On Feb 26, 2020
Liar Mohammed stop your foolery, no one should be allowed to go to China or come out of China to Nigeria.

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by TOPCRUISE(m): 11:38am On Feb 26, 2020
Selfish

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by Righteousness89(m): 11:38am On Feb 26, 2020
We are Watching
Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by Groovenaija360(m): 11:38am On Feb 26, 2020
grin
Chai I am tired of these useless leaders we have here

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by tsephanyah(f): 11:39am On Feb 26, 2020
post=86969984:

Immuned
That is a lie o
Check there website most black Africans are immune to coviD19 and it will not survive in Africa
Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by reealec(m): 11:39am On Feb 26, 2020
i trust our brothers this nose mask we dont need it the kind ahbo...conconsion wai we don take for nigeria na only hiv get power pass am
Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by keletex2000(m): 11:39am On Feb 26, 2020
Did he actually say that Nigerians in Wuhan hasn't indicated interest to be evacuated from China?
Hmm... Mr.Lai, you lie.

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Re: Coronavirus: FG Will Not Ban Nigerians From Travelling To China – Lai Mohammed by gunpoint(m): 11:40am On Feb 26, 2020
tsephanyah:
CDC report that's Nigerians and other black Africans are immune to the Covid 19
Are you kidding or you joking? Which one?

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