Nigerians without valid certificate of vaccination banned from entering Qatar on HWN POLIO UPDATE

The Qatari authorities have resolved to ban all Nigerian citizens travelling to the Arab country without valid certificate of vaccination against polio with effect from June 29, 2015.

This was contained in a report made available to the Department of State Security (DSS), which also alerted the FCT Administration of same.

The precautionary measure is to guide against the spread of the disease in that country, according to the report.
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In view of the above, the FCT Permanent Secretary, John Obinna Chukwu, has informed all stakeholders and intending travellers, particularly those resident in the Federal Capital Territory on the need to obtain duly signed and stamped yellow book on polio and other communicable diseases.

He reiterated that obtaining of this yellow book on polio and other communicable diseases is very necessary to avoid embarrassment at the port of entry into the country.

Source: WWWN, HWN Africa.