Just In: Federal government airlifts another set of Nigerians from Saudi Arabia
chuks oti
May 20, 2020
The Federal Government on Tuesday received a batch of 292 stranded Nigerians from Saudi Arabia.
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According to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, the evacuees with a large number of nursing mother and children were flown to Abuja.
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This is coming after the country successfully evacuated Nigerians from United Arab Emirates (265); United Kingdom (253) and the United States (160).
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The latest returnees bring to 970 the total number of stranded Nigerians who have been evacuated.
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Onyeama, via his verified Twitter account, stated that the returnees are doing well and have all settled down in hotels for the mandatory 14-day quarantine.
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"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,ÔÇØ he tweeted.
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