COVID Regulations for travel to NIGERIA:
- 1. Health Declaration and Self Reporting:
- Passengers will fill the online Health Declaration/Self-Reporting Form co-located on the same national International Travel Portal and submit online. They should ensure that the information/contact details provided on the form are correct, verifiable and that they can be reached on the phone number and address provided. Passengers must inform Port Health officials on arrival of any change in their health circumstances since completion of the Health Declaration/Self-Reporting Form
- 2. Report of Negative COVID-19 test conducted in the country of departure:
- Passengers are also requested to upload their COVID-19 PCR NEGATIVE results on to the national payment portal and bring along an electronic or hard copy of the result
- 3. Payment for a repeat (second) PCR test to be done upon arrival in Nigeria. This portal will provide passengers with the options of where and when to carry out the PCR test. Passengers will be given an appointment date and time to present themselves at the Laboratory for a repeat COVID-19 PCR test on the 7th day after arrival. A list of accredited private laboratory providers across the country will be available on the portals
- 1. Passengers whose destination is Lagos will pay to the Lagos State Laboratory consortium portal
- 4. On completion of these three, an Access Report containing a QR Code will be sent to the email address provided by the Passenger. Print out or download an electronic copy of this Access Report for presentation before boarding. If this is not provided passengers may not be allowed to board a flight to Nigeria
- 5. At the time of boarding, all travellers will undergo thermal screening for fever and questioned for symptoms of COVID-19. Passengers with COVID-19 related signs and symptoms will not be allowed to board the flight
- 6. Airlines must only board passengers with test results showing that the tests were done within the stipulated 96 hours window before boarding
- There is a fine of USD 3,500 per passenger for failure to comply with the pre-boarding requirements
On Arrival in Nigeria :
- All passengers/persons arriving in Nigeria will be:
- All intending travellers to Nigeria must have tested NEGATIVE for COVID-19 by PCR in the country of departure pre-boarding. The PCR test MUST be within 96 hours before departure and preferably within 72 hours pre-boarding. For certain countries, COVID-19 PCR tests will only be acceptable from specified laboratories
- Tests done more than 96 hours before departure are not valid and persons will not be allowed to board; but for the 72 hours minimum, this is advisory and will not preclude boarding
- All intending passengers are required to register via a Nigerian International Travel Portal online https://nitp.ncdc.gov.ng/onboarding/homepage . On this portal three transactions should be completed:
- Required, on arrival at the airport, to go through the routine Port Health screening and present electronic or print-out Access Report sent to their emails for verification and approval by the Port Health Officials
- There will be further temperature screening by the Port Health Officials and travellers with temperature of over 38oC will be required to proceed to secondary screening
- On arrival at destination in Nigeria, passengers will proceed on a 7-day self-isolation/quarantine
- Passengers must present themselves at the sample collection centers on the 7th day of arrival