COVID-19 TEST SCANDAL AS LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT SUSPEND AIRPORT STAFF
A clarification by the Lagos state commissioner for health on the payment for COVID-19 PCR test for inbound travelers vindicates suspended staff
Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Saturday, in reaction to media report on Friday, October 22, 2021, titled; ‘Passengers Refuse to Pay PCR Test Fee into Private Account’.
Whereas it was reported that inbound passengers at the Murtala International Airport refused to remit mandatory PCR test fee payments into a private account belonging to a member of staff of the government-appointed firm charged with the responsibility.
Lagos State Government suspended staff of the government-appointed firm charged with the responsibility of collecting COVID Polymerase Chain Reaction PCR test payments and connecting passengers to approved designated private COVID PCR test centers over the misconduct.
He further clarified that; An arrangement involving the payment of fees into a personal account was necessitated by the need to ameliorate the plight of passengers who complained of poor turnaround time at the airport in the confirmation of test fees paid, all affected passengers of interest were issued a physical receipt to serve as proof of payment.
He said access to the National registration and payment portal for COVID-19 has been challenging, which is why they come up with an impromptu means of payment for inbound passengers.
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