Juliana Francis
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday said that it has received 180 Nigerians who were stranded in Libya.
According to the Information Officer of NEMA, Mr
Ibrahim Fariloye, the returnees were assisted back to the country with the
assistance of the European Union special programme through the International
Organisation for Migration (IOM).
The returnees’ flight which took off from Mtiga
Airport in Libya arrived the Cargo Wing of Murtala Muhammed International
Airport, Lagos Nigeria aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-8GK with flight number
BRQ UZ 189/190 and registration number 5A-DMG at about 2035 hours.
Profiles of the returnees indicate that female
adults are 74, female children are 14 with female infants as six, making the
total female assisted back as 94, while male adults are 64, male children 12
and infant males are 10 with total males number as 86 amounting to 180 returnees
altogether.
Fariloye said: “They are being kept for the
mandatory seven day isolation period before being allowed to go to their
respective places for those who have no traces of a particular medical issue. In
the course of isolation periods, the returnees will be trained on various skill
acquisition and small scale Entrepreneurial techniques, while those who are
semi-skilled will be trained further and those who wish to embark on
entrepreneurial ventures will be facilitated to start on a sound mote. These
are aimed at rehabilitation and to engage them for proper reintegration into
their respective communities after the isolation period.
Other agencies that participated in the operations
are National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP),
Nation Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons,
Nigeria Immigration Services, FAAN and Federal Ministry of Health's Port Health
services.
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