Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that due the dicey situation in the conflict-torn Sudan, the Federal Government will
“We have been given the cost estimate and all the details. They gave us a figure of 5,500 who are ready for evacuation. Obviously, what you need in a situation like this is a place where everybody can congregate before you start moving them out. Because the airports, as you pointed out in your report, it is out of commission. The only viable way out is by road.
He said further that “Our situation is particularly challenging because the numbers are so great. Some the countries like the US and European countries have started evacuating. Earlier the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, signed by the Charge D’ Affairs H.Y Garko, had advised students who make up about 80 percent of the stranded persons to stay indoors.
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