National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has on Wednesday received 162 Nigerian returnees from Libya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos state.
Acting Coordinator of Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Farinloye said the returnees who were stranded in Libya, departed Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli, aboard a chartered Buraq Aircraft at 10.00 p.m. local time and arrived Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday, at 2:10 a.m. Nigerian time.
He expressed;
The returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through voluntary repatriation programme for the distressed persons.
They had left the country to seek for greener pasture in various European countries but could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated.
The International Organisation for Migration since 2017 had assisted to bring about 21,000 distressed Nigerians back to the country.
Farinloye said the returnees were 98 adult females, 28 adult males, 19 female children and five male children, nine female infants and three male infants.
He added that five of the returnees had various health related issues, adding that Port Health Unit of Federal of Ministry of Health, National Commission for Resilience, Migration and IDPs and Nigerian Immigration Services were part of the government agencies who received the returnees at the airport.
