Just in: NEMA receives 160 stranded Nigerians from Libya

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received a batch of 160 assisted voluntary returnees from Libya who were stranded in failed attempts to reach different European countries.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the planning officer of NEMA, Segun Afolayan, said this in Lagos on Friday, July 13.

Afolayan said the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja very late on Thursday, July 12.

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The report quoted Afolayan as saying that the returnees landed at the cargo wing of the airport aboard Libyan Airline flight with registration number 5A-DMG.

The NEMA official said that they were brought back through the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

“After profiling, the returnees comprised of seven female adults and 153 males,” Afolayan said.

Afolayan urged the returnees to put their experiences in the volatile North African country behind them and forge ahead with their lives.

“They have another opportunity to make a new start of posterity and abundance. Nobody can tell it better than them that there are no greener pastures elsewhere.

“The best option is to live a dignified life, make their families happy and make the country proud by contributing their own quotas,” Afolayan said.

He said the federal and state governments and development partners should create a more conducive atmosphere where all Nigerians could prosper.

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On July 5, at least 155 Nigerians had voluntarily returned from Libya with the assistance of the IOM.

Legit.ng earlier reported that the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) had facilitated the return of 249 more Nigerians from Libya.

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