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NEMA Receives Additional 107 Libya Returnees
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has received another batch of 107 Nigerians stranded in Tripoli, Libya.
This was disclosed by the agency in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.
NEMA said that the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Cargo Wing, Ikeja, late Tuesday aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG
The returnees comprised 53 males, 52 females and two infants
Mr Mustapha Ahmed, NEMA Director-General, officially received the returnees on behalf of the Federal Government
Ahmed, the statement said, was represented by Mr Aziz Afunku, Chief Relief and Rehabilitation Officer
The International Organisation for Migration with the support of international partners, have been assisting stranded Nigerians in Libya to return home since 2017.