Many of the students are on scholarship in various universities across Saudi Arabia.
Another batch of more than 100 Nigerians who had been stranded in Saudi Arabia due to the restriction of movements caused byA source at the Nigeria’s embassy in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who craved anonymity, toldThe first batch of 292 evacuees which included students and those who had travelled for lesser hajj before the lockdown, had been successfully brought to the country by the Saudi authorities in May.
The students, who made the trip in May, were from about six universities including the University of Qosseem, University of Dammom, University of King Abd Azeez, among others. They had also been officially disengaged by the universities at the end of the session in May, with the institutions no longer responsible for their feeding and welfare until when they would resume for another session in August.
According to sources including a student of Al-Imam University, Riyadh, Mahmoud Zakariyah, about 10 of the stranded students who could afford to pay for their tickets, made the Saturday trip. He said; “Since 6a.m today, I had been on the phone speaking to relevant authorities including the foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, the chairman of Nigerians in diaspora commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and Nigeria’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. They have all promised to fast track the process of their evacuation.“Please, tell the students that their matter is now being taken seriously and I can assure you that the government has promised that they would soon be brought back home.
It reads in part; “The embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Riyadh presents its compliments to the management of Saudi Arabia Airline and has the honour to request Saudi Airline to arrange for evacuation of flight for Nigerian students in various Saudi institutions and other interested Nigerians stranded in the kingdom. The number of students interested in the evacuation is about 335, while the number of other interested Nigerians cannot be ascertained as of now.
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