The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said it has received a batch of 180 stranded Nigerians who were assisted back into the country with the assistance of the European Union special programme through the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
According to NEMA, 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.
It added that: “Profiles of the Returnees indicate that female adults are 74, female children are 14 with female infants as 6 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
They are being kept for the mandatory 7day 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 would be trained further and those who wish to embark on entrepreneurial ventures will be facilitated to start on a sound note.
These are aimed at rehabilitation and engaged them them for proper Reintegration back to their respective communities after the isolation period.”
