Sahara Reporters
Aviation authorities in Ghana have heightened their clampdown on Nigerians who test positive for Coronavirus while travelling through any of their airports.
Officials of the West African nation move affected Nigerian travellers to M Plaza Hotel in Accra, the country’s capital, and force them to pay $100 (N56,000) per night to isolate themselves at the place.
According to findings by SaharaReporters, the amount does not give the affected person access to water or food at the hotel.
As a result, about five Nigerians including a pregnant woman, who are currently being forced to stay at the facility by Ghanaian Government officials, have not had their bath and a decent meal for about six days.
Despite repeated pleas to move them to a government isolation centre in the city, the Ghanaian officials have declined the request, instead offering only antibiotics to the Nigerian travellers, who tested positive for the virus while on transit.
One affected traveller told Sahara Reporters that after keeping a Nigerian on transit with COVID-19 at this Accra hotel for one week, they allow you to leave only after you have paid another $700 to retrieve your passport.
He said, “Passengers who test positive for COVID are forced to pay $100 a night in a hotel that’s not worth the amount.
“They don’t feed patients, no water or food at the hotel.
