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NEMA Receives 171 Stranded Nigerians Repatriated from Libya

POSTED ON August 28, 2024 •   Politics      BY Benedicta Bassey
National Emergency Management Agency Receiving the repatriated Nigerians from Libya/ Photo credit: TVC

The National Emergency Management Agency said it had received no fewer than 171 stranded Nigerians from Libya.

A statement from the NEMA's social media handles said that the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday.

The returnees were brought into the country on an Al-Buraq aircraft Boeing 737-500 with registration no: 5A-DMG.

Officials of the NEMA Lagos Territorial Office, along with other stakeholders, such as the Nigeria Immigration Service, International Organisation for Migration, Port Health, Federal Airport Authority, and others, were on the ground to provide basic humanitarian support for the returnees upon their arrival.

The agency said, “The repatriated Nigerians are 41 female adults, 115 male adults, one female child, six male children, four female infants and four male infants. No medical case was recorded.

“In addition to the reception given, the returnees are expected to undergo basic business skill training, counselling and necessary medical assistance at the Transit Camp in Lagos as part of the reintegration programme before their final release to their various destinations by the IOM."

In mid-August, NEMA, along with other stakeholders, also received 149 returnees from Niger Republic.

In a statement, the agency noted that the returnees’ arrival in Lagos was facilitated by the IOM Mission in Niger Republic.

Of the 149 returnees, two persons were said to have sustained leg injuries.

The agency, however, advised Nigerian youths to stop endangering their lives by engaging in irregular migration in search of greener pastures in other countries.

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