No fewer than 542 Nigerians, who were stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), were on Sunday evacuated by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN).
They arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on board Maxair chartered flight at 4:29 am.
The evacuees consist of 79 males, 460 females, and 3 infants, and were received by a Federal Government team led by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and airport officials, security agencies including National Commission for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), NAPTIP, Nigerian Diaspora Commission, NDLEA, Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigerian Customs Service, Port Health Services, NCDC and others.
In a statement made public by the Head of the Press Unit of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Manzo Ezekiel, the evacuees were given a token for transportation to their various destinations after being screened by the Health officials, profiled by various relevant agencies and cleared by Nigerian Immigration Service.
While receiving the returnees on behalf of the FGN, the Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed, asked them to learn from their experiences and be law-abiding citizens.
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