The move was made on Wednesday in an offer to control the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The move comes after the Federal Government on Wednesday confined 13 nations from entering the nation.
In an announcement by the Presidential Task Force on COVID - 19 which was set up by President Muhammadu Buhari on March 17, "The Federal Government of Nigeria is confining section into the nation for voyagers from the accompanying thirteen (13) nations; China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan, France, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Switzerland. These are on the whole nations with more than 1,000 case locally;
"All people showing up in Nigeria who may have visited these nations, 15 days preceding such appearance, will be exposed to administered self-disengagement and testing for 14 days.
"The Federal Government is briefly suspending the issuance of all visas on appearance.
"The Federal Government is additionally advising all Nigerians to drop or defer all trivial goes to these nations; and
"The Federal Government urges Public Health Authorities of nations with a high weight to lead persevering takeoff screening of travelers and furthermore embraces this tourism warning to their nationals to defer goes to Nigeria".
The announcement further included that these limitations will produce prompt results from Saturday, March 21, 2020, for about a month subject to audit.
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