The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Saturday has said that the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikwe International airport in Abuja, will not be in operation from Monday 23, 2020.
the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu made this known in a statement he signed.
He said the decision is necessary as a measure to limit the spread of the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic which has increased geometrically from 12 to 22 cases on Saturday.
The closure of international flight operations at the Lagos and Abuja airports is in addition to the three other international airports in Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt shut for flight operations on Saturday.
Nuhu said the closure would last till April 23, adding that emergency and essential flights would be operated from both airports within the period.
Meanwhile, domestic flights will continue normal operations at all airports in the country, he added.
