Remove Nigeria from the UK Covid travel red list

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government added Nigeria to the list of covid restricted countries following 21 cases of Omicron reported in England and was allegedly traced to Nigeria without any form of evidence. Nigeria is currently one of the No.1 safest countries in the world today because of its approach against covid19.

I am sad and of the view that the decison to include Nigeria on the red list is a systematic abuse of the African people simply because Nigeria was one of the first countries in the world that introduced drastic measures to combact the spread of Covid19 and other variants. The government announced that from 4am on Tuesday 7 December 2021 anyone wishing to come to the UK will need to show a negative pre departure test (LFD or PCR) and this was a measure first introduced in Nigeria since 2020.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: Remove all African countries from the red list immediately

Timeline

6 Dec 2021	Petition opened for signatures
13 Dec 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Dec 2021

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