The Federal Government has announced that it will evacuate
stranded Nigerians from Ukraine from Wednesday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this
known during an appearance before Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, adding that the
government has concluded plans to air-lift the first batch of Nigerians on
Wednesday.
The Speaker said the House of Representatives would give
every needed support to the Ministry to ensure successful evacuation of
Nigerians stranded from Ukraine.
Gbajabiamila restated the position of the legislature when
he invited the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Onyeama, to his office in
Abuja on Monday for a meeting on the plight of Nigerians caught in the conflict
between Russia and Ukraine.
Onyeama said the evacuation earlier planned for Monday was
rescheduled for Wednesday to enable the ministry, the House, and the Nigerian
foreign missions in Ukraine, Poland, and Russia to complete the formalities of
moving Nigerians from Ukraine to safe borders with neighboring countries.
Onyeama said the ministry, in conjunction with the missions,
had completed formalities for Nigerians to move to safe border points from
where they would be transported in buses to the airports in neighboring
countries.
He listed Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, and even
Russia, among the countries to be used as exit points.
The Minister disclosed that there were about 5,600 Nigerian
students in Ukraine, added that there were also non-students, some of whom
might not have been legally documented.
He assured the Speaker that working closely with the
governments of those countries had secured their cooperation with the ministry
to grant access to Nigerians into their territories, preparatory for the
evaluation.
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