NEMA Receives 144 Stranded Nigerians From Niger Republic…
Written by City Radio on April 5, 2023
The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA has received another batch of one hundred and forty-four stranded Nigerians from Niamey, Niger Republic.
Its Co-ordinator for Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nurudeen Abdullahi, disclosed this while receiving the returnees at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano.
Dr Abdullahi, represented by the National Emergency Management Agency Kano Head of Human Resources, Mr Suleiman Sa’ad-Abubakar, said that the returnees were transported into Nigeria by SKY MALI Airlines, operated by Ethiopian airline.
He said that the returnees were brought back under the care of the International Organisation for Migration from Niamey through a voluntary repatriation programme.
The programme is for the distressed, who had left the country to seek greener pastures in various European countries and could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated.
He said that the returnees included one hundred and six male adults, sixteen female adults and twenty-two children.
Dr Abdullahi noted that the returnees were from different parts of the country including Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Abia, Sokoto, Edo, among other States.
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