68 ladies stranded in Lebanon have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday, August 16.
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) announced that the evacuees arrived at about 3:30pm via Middle East Airline.
BREAKING NEWS
EVACUATION UPDATE
Another 68 Stranded Nigeria Girls in Lebanon arrive Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport Abuja today 16th August 2020 at about 1530HRS via Middle East Airline.
Recall the viral video where some girls cried out to @NigeriaGov to facilitate their return. pic.twitter.com/RheTdrg1UI
— Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (@nidcom_gov) August 16, 2020
The commission thanked Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Houssam Diab, Nigerian Mission in Lebanon, and the Lebanese Community in Nigeria for making the flight possible.
In addition, the evacuees will proceed on a 14-day self isolation as mandated by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Presidential Task Forcd on COVID-19.
A big thank you to the Lebanese Amb to Nigeria @DiabHoussam, Nigerian Mission in Lebanon, and the Lebanese Community in NIG for making this possible.
NEMA, @IOM_Nigeria in charge of logistics.
They will proceed on a 14 day SELF ISOLATION as mandated by NCDC & PTF on #COVID__19. pic.twitter.com/86S25S5zvi
— Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (@nidcom_gov) August 16, 2020
This comes two days after Ambassador Diab said most Nigerians in Lebanon especially ladies were not trafficked but entered the country legally, contrary to public opinion.
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Diab made this known during a visit to the Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama in Abuja on Friday, August 14.
He stated that some Nigerian ladies who recently cried out for help from Lebanon did so because they could no longer be paid by their employees as a result of the recent economic downturn.
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Diab added that the suspension of the issuance of visas to domestic workers since May had also contributed to the situation.
See some photos of the evacuees from Lebanon below;
