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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Rashid Bawa, has assured that the required Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing procedures for travellers to the West African country were not meant to harass and embarrass Nigerians.
He gave the assurance when he visited the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in Abuja.
His visit followed the alleged maltreatment of a Nigerian who tested negative to COVID-19 in Dubai only to test positive on arrival in Ghana.
The envoy pointed out that while the COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test was mandatory, Ghana would not maliciously produce COVID-19 positive test results for visitors, especially Nigerian visitors.
Dabiri-Erewa, in her response, agreed with the Ghanaian envoy that although the COVID-19 test was a necessary requirement for visitors to Ghana, Ghanaian authorities “must ensure that visitors are treated with dignity, fairly, and humanely.”
