BOSS Mustapha, chairman of the Presidential TaskForce on COVID-19, worried about Nigerian travellers who present fake COVID-19 results at abroad.

“It has become embarrassing to note that some Nigerians continue to present fake results when travelling outside the shores of this country. This remains a major source of concern to the federal government,” Mustapha said on Thursday, January 7, in Abuja.

To curb the trend, the PTF has directed private laboratories to immediately put in place measures to validate results and ensure that all passengers are registered on the travel portal before samples are processed to stop this activity.

According to him, “The PTF is aware that the world is at a critical phase of infections. We are constantly reviewing our strategy to emerging situations especially in risk communication, vaccine hesitancy, fake news/disinformation.

“We call on the general public to remain focused on the drive to reduce the level of infection and make our country safe again.”

He also urged the sub-nationals to enforce relevant measures that will help to curb the effect of this virus on our lives and livelihood.

– Jan. 8, 2021 @ 12: 27 GMT /