The second batch of Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine has
arrived in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
They arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, at 6:35 pm on
Friday on an Air Peace flight.
The 181 evacuees arrived from Poland.
The stranded Nigerians were evacuated to Nigeria following
the intervention of the Federal Government with the cooperation of governments
of countries neighbouring Ukraine.
According to Gabriel Aduda, the Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Federal Government has made all necessary
arrangements to ensure that no Nigerian is left stranded in any of the
countries where they have fled to.
Aduda said that Nigerian airlines – Air Peace and Air Max –
would transport stranded Nigerians from Romania, Hungary, and Poland.
The Federal Government gave all returnees from Ukraine $100
(about N48,000) to ameliorate their sufferings.
This is contained in a statement by Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun,
the Head of Media and Public Relations, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission,
Abuja.
The first batch of 450 Nigerians stranded in Ukraine
returned home from Romania through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja.
Balogun said that the returnees, mostly students, arrived in
Nigeria with Max Air flight 747 at 7:10 a.m.
He, however, said that the evacuees from Poland could not
return on Thursday because their flight was rescheduled for Friday.
He added that Air Peace left on Thursday to pick the
passengers from Hungary.
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