The Nigerians in Diaspora Fee(NiDCOM) has introduced that the primary set of Nigerian evacuees from Sudan are anticipated to reach in Nigeria on Friday.
Chairperson of NiDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this to journalists on the seventieth session of the State Home Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Workforce on the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
Dabiri-Erewa hinted that 13 buses have departed from two universities within the Sudanese Capital, Khartoum, ferrying Nigerian college students to the Aswan border in Egypt, the place they are going to be airlifted to Nigeria.
She additionally famous that the Nigerian embassy in Sudan has knowledgeable the Military and the Speedy Help Forces forward to make sure protected passage for the evacuees.
Nigerians in Sudan are about 3 million-NiDCOM
Addressing the inhabitants of Nigerians in Sudan, Dabiri-Erewa revealed that though no less than 5,500 Nigerian college students are at the moment education in Sudan, the Nigerian inhabitants within the Horn nation is about three million.
Moreover, she famous that logistics challenges escalated when extra Nigerians who had not been earlier documented for the train all of the sudden expressed curiosity to return dwelling upon sighting a few of the 40 busses.
Reacting to a video of a girl and others lamenting that the buses stopped midway within the desert for 5 hours, NiDCOM’s Chairperson stated she contacted the Director-Normal of the Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA) and the matter has been resolved.
She wrote in a tweet, “I’ve simply spoken to @nemanigeriadg. He confirmed the buses have continued their Journey and stated no matter points have been resolved.”
Earlier, the Minister of Overseas Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama acknowledged that the evacuation course of is a part of the federal government’s effort to repatriate Nigerian residents stranded there since combating broke out between the Navy and the Speedy Help Forces on April 15. He made this assertion after Wednesday’s Federal Govt Council assembly.