Nollywood actress Laide Bakare has bemoaned the ongoing exploitation of tourists in Nigeria under the pretense of the Covid-19 test.
The 42-year-old Nigerian actress has urged the government to completely abolish the test because it just serves to take advantage of foreign visitors.
Laide Bakare adds that other nations have subsequently ceased asking the test from persons who have already received a vaccination, and she questions why Nigeria’s situation is different.
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“This nonsense that is meant to have been stopped for how long? I am really pissed.
“It is a rip-off, how much is N70,000 that they are collecting because of this Covid-19 test nonsense. The portal is not even working very well. I stayed more than three hours trying to fill this form. What I know is that this really needs to be taken care of! Scrap this Covid test verification. I was coming from America to London and there was nothing like that but from London to Nigeria you are asking us to pay even after being fully vaccinated.
“I’m not even speaking for myself now but for others who are also being exploited.”
A part of her frustration is that the portal is not working, yet, people are required to pay the money. In her case, she was delayed for more than three hours trying to fill the form.