A total of 292 Nigerians who had been stranded in Saudi Arabia due to the restriction of movements caused by coronavirus disease, landed in Abuja
A total of 292 Nigerians who had been stranded in Saudi Arabia due to the restriction of movements caused by the rampagingThey were the first batch of the 11,600 Nigerians the government of Saudi Arabia had expressed its intention to airlift back home.
He said; “We received 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia yesterday. The Saudi Government transported them to Abuja. A large number are nursing mothers and children and they are all comfortably settled in hotels under the mandatory 14 days quarantine.” But some of their colleagues who could not make it have blamed the development on the poor response to their request for pass from Nigeria’s embassy in Saudi Arabia.
“We weren’t able to make the trip due to lack of interstate permits which were supposed to be applied for either by the university or the Nigeria embassy from Saudi foreign affairs ministry. But none of both followed the due protocols they were supposed to follow,” Mr Adegbeye said. In a letter addressed to the Nigerian ambassador in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a copy of which was shared with, the Association of Nigerian Students in Saudi Arabia, Imam University’s branch, informed the embassy that the institution’s department of scholarship has directed that they seek approval from the embassy to return home.
In separate telephone interviews with our reporter, they said the protocol in Saudi Arabia is that the sponsor of every traveller should be responsible to request for pass.
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