A Federal Government Delegation
has arrived Libya to commence mass evacuation of Nigerians stranded in the
North African country home.
Mr Sani Datti, the Head of Media
and Public Relations, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) made this
known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Datti said the delegation was led
by Mr Geoffrey Onyema, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by
the Director-General of NEMA, Engr Mustapha Maihaja and other heads of relevant
agencies.
Datti said that the delegation
arrived Tripoli, on Wednesday ahead of the actual evacuation operation expected
to commence on Friday to transport stranded Nigerians with two indigenous
carriers engaged for the exercises.
“A total of 5, 037 stranded
citizens have been identified for evacuation home.
“The Nigerian mission in Libya is
coordinating the identification of the Nigerian migrants with the support of
the International Organisation for Migration.
“They are being joined by a
technical team for the evacuation exercise comprising representatives of all
relevant agencies.
“A reception centre has been
established in Port Harcourt where the returnees on their arrival would be
formally received and profiled before being transported to their various
states,” Datti said.
He said that the evacuation
exercises was being led by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
coordinated by the National Emergency Management Agency with the involvement of
all the relevant agencies.
Datti said that among the
delegation are; Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, the Federal Commissioner, National
Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Mrs Julie
Okah-Donli, the Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking.
Others are, Mrs Abike
Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs
and Diaspora, Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr Muhammadu
Babandede, and representatives of other security agencies.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the evacuation exercise was in line with the directives of
President Muhammadu Buhari to evacuate all Nigerian nationals stranded in Libya
and other countries.
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