FG ready to evacuate Nigerian students stranded in Sudan, says Dabiri-Erewa
The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that the Federal Government is ready to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Sudan
She made this known on Monday while speaking on Channels Television's Lunchtime Politics.
While noting that the FG is making “significant progress”, she added that every Nigerian student in the North African country now has a point of contact.
She said, “The buses will take them to one place. We are looking at places in Egypt: Luxor and another place there. approval as soon as it happened, so there's a lot."
She warned against mobilization efforts by the National Association of Nigerian Students involving the generation of funds to facilitate the transport of Nigerian students to the North African country away from their campuses.
The PUNCH reports that Air Peace, a private airline in Nigeria, has revealed that it is ready to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Sudan, North East Africa, free of charge, if the federal government can get them to a safe and secure airport in one of the neighboring countries. Sudan border.
This was revealed in a statement from the airline's Chairman and CEO, Allen Onyema, on Monday.
She added, "NANS, which I understand she came up with this 'pay $100, come somewhere' thing, the thing is move where? So no need to get you out of harm's way to another danger.
"And there were people who were leaving who had to turn back because they would have been killed. So now they've gone back to their different campuses."
Dabiri-Erewa denounced the actions of Nigerian students in Sudan leaving their universities without permission.
She said: "The problem of these students who gathered, took a bus somewhere, here is the problem: they all had to go back to their universities because it was very risky for them.
>"Just imagine in a war situation, you just see 20 buses moving around without any permission from the military authorities, we will put lives at risk. That's why they had to come back."
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The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that the Federal Government is ready to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Sudan
She made this known on Monday while speaking on Channels Television's Lunchtime Politics.
While noting that the FG is making “significant progress”, she added that every Nigerian student in the North African country now has a point of contact.
She said, “The buses will take them to one place. We are looking at places in Egypt: Luxor and another place there. approval as soon as it happened, so there's a lot."
She warned against mobilization efforts by the National Association of Nigerian Students involving the generation of funds to facilitate the transport of Nigerian students to the North African country away from their campuses.
The PUNCH reports that Air Peace, a private airline in Nigeria, has revealed that it is ready to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Sudan, North East Africa, free of charge, if the federal government can get them to a safe and secure airport in one of the neighboring countries. Sudan border.
This was revealed in a statement from the airline's Chairman and CEO, Allen Onyema, on Monday.
She added, "NANS, which I understand she came up with this 'pay $100, come somewhere' thing, the thing is move where? So no need to get you out of harm's way to another danger.
"And there were people who were leaving who had to turn back because they would have been killed. So now they've gone back to their different campuses."
Dabiri-Erewa denounced the actions of Nigerian students in Sudan leaving their universities without permission.
She said: "The problem of these students who gathered, took a bus somewhere, here is the problem: they all had to go back to their universities because it was very risky for them.
>"Just imagine in a war situation, you just see 20 buses moving around without any permission from the military authorities, we will put lives at risk. That's why they had to come back."
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