As the nation celebrates her 59th independence anniversary, the National
Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received another batch of 161
stranded Nigerian returnees from Libya.
Alhaji Idris Muhammed, the Coordinator, NEMA Lagos Territorial Office,
confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in
Lagos.
Muhammed said the Nigerians arrived at the Cargo Wing of Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 5.35 a.m. on Tuesday.
He added that the returnees were assisted home by the International
Organisation for Migration and the European Union under the Assisted
Voluntary Returnees Programme which started in April 2017.
Muhammed said the stranded Nigerians were received on behalf of the
Federal Government by NEMA and other agencies, including the Edo State
Task Force Against Human Trafficking and the Nigeria Immigration
Service.
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