By our reporter| Nigeria will invoke the principle of reciprocity in granting permission to airlines to restart operations, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu fas said.
Nuhu who made the declaration in response to the flight ban imposed by some countries against Nigeria, explained that the Federal Government would not hesitate to mete out the same measure to those nations which he did not mention.
‘’The principle of reciprocity would be applied. The conditions you give Nigerians who travel to your country – we will apply the same thing,” the NCAA DG who represented the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Thursday.
“If you ban us from coming to your country, the same will apply the other way; we just hope for a level-playing field on the issue of reciprocity.’’
Despite fears about the safety of passengers, the NCAA DG gave an insight into preparations being made by the government.
He said a meeting was held with operators of foreign airlines on the requirements for the safe reopening of international flights, assuring that the modalities would be released soon.
“I am glad that so far today, we’ve gotten a positive response from quite a few number of the international airlines in meeting our requirements,” he said while giving details of the meeting with international airlines.
“So, we have almost finished discussing with the health authorities on the protocols for people coming in, on the checks for COVID-19 and people going out and the information will be given to airlines…”
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