The Nigerian government has said that the first batch of Nigerians evacuated from warring Sudan are expected to arrive in the country on Friday. The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Thursday to journalists at the 70th session of the State House ministerial briefing organised by the oresidential communications team at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission , Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Thursday to journalists at the 70th session of the State House ministerial briefing organised by the oresidential communications team at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.The Nigerian government has said that the first batch of Nigerians evacuated from warring Sudan are expected to arrive in the country on Friday.
Dabiri-Erewa said that 13 buses conveying Nigerian students to the Aswan border in Egypt, where they would be airlifted to Nigeria departed from the two universities in the Sudanese Capital, Khartoum. She noted that logistics challenges escalated when more Nigerians who had not been earlier documented for the exercise suddenly expressed interest to return home upon sighting some of the 40 buses.
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