Mr Soyinka berated the Nigerian government for making travelers fill a "ludicrous" questionnaire that has nothing to do with COVID-19 on the travel portal.Nobel laureate and renowned playwright, Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, narrated how he was ‘banished’ from entering Nigeria.
“This time I had my PCR and of course it did not happen to me alone, there were other Nigerians who had a similar scenario, they couldn’t leave because they had already passed the immigration,” he said. The professor said at a point in a bid to gain entry into the country, he almost took a flight to Lome. He added that it took “special permission” for him to enter his homeland.He also berated the internal affairs and health ministries for making travelers fill a “ludicrous” questionnaire that has nothing to do with COVID-19 on the travel portal.