The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has informed all international airlines operating in the country that its airspace would be shut from Tuesday, March 24.
This was contained in a ‘Notice to Airmen’ signed by Adamu B. H. of the Aeronautical Information Services Department. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority had earlier handed out a directive that the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos; and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would be closed effective Monday, March 23.
This action was taken as a stringent measure to curtail possible importation of the novel coronavirus pandemic into the country. Already Nigeria’s cases of the virus have increased from 12 to 22 on Saturday March 21st.
