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New Batch Of Nigerians Stranded In Libya Return Home
New Set Of Nigerians Stranded In Libya Return Home
174 Nigerians stranded in Libya, a North African country, were on Thursday night deported.
The deportees were received at the cargo wing of the Lagos international airport by officials of National Emergency Management Agency.
The coordinator of NEMA’s Lagos Territorial Office, Mallam Idris Muhammed, said with this batch, the total number of stranded Nigerians deported from Libya is now 12,574 .
In addition, Muhammed said over 4,900 of the deportees have been given empowerment training by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) through special funding facilitated by the European Union.
He said most of them have set up various businesses in their occupations.
He explained that Thursday’s flight was the 64th flight since the Programme of Assisted Voluntary Returnees initiated by European Union, but being implemented by the IOM, started in April, 2017.
The deportees were brought back aboard Al Buraq Airline in Boeing 737-800 aircraft with flight number UZ 389-390 and registration number 5A-DMG from Sebha City and arrived Cargo Wing of MMIA, Ikeja, Nigeria about 9:45 p.m.
The deportees comprise 62 adult females, 11 female children and 11 female infants , bringing the total number of females to 84 while the males comprise 74 male adults, 12 male children and 15 male infants making it a total of 90 males .
Whilst addressing the deportees on arrival, the coordinator assured them of Federal Government’s readiness to continue supporting and collaborating with other development partners in providing enabling environment for the realization of their potential.
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Faith Nbodo
March 16, 2019 at 4:49 AM
Welcome back to your motherland. I wish all Nigerians in the diaspora should be sent home in similar manner
Mee
March 17, 2019 at 2:14 AM
Wow.. your condition is so bad that you want other Nigerians abroad to come and join you in that shit hole… hmmm
uzoma
March 17, 2019 at 5:00 PM
@ Faith in similar manner the Libya returnees were returned even if they are very comfortable and doing well that you want every Nigerian in diaspora returned? You sound like an angry person and the jealous type. May God forgive you.
Fifelomo
March 16, 2019 at 8:50 AM
Madam in what similar way? Even those are doing wonderfully well? Like I don’t get you!
Rosy
March 19, 2019 at 5:01 PM
So is now by batch. Stay in Nigeria they refuse only to be stranded in another country.