Sudan: Dangote Foundation supports evacuation efforts
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The Board of the Aliko Dangote Foundation has announced its resolve to become fully involved in the evacuation and resettlement of thousands of Nigerians stranded in Sudan.
In a statement on Sunday, the foundation said it would work with the federal government and Air Peace to ensure the smooth transportation of stranded Nigerians and provide logistics and assistance to evacuees.
According to the statement, Zouera Youssoufou, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), has been in contact with Air Peace management and the Federal Government to indicate that the foundation is ready to support Nigerians blocked. .
"The Foundation will work with the Federal Government and Air Peace to ensure seamless transportation of stranded Nigerians and, most importantly, provide logistics and assistance to evacuees, to settle more comfortably in their homes. back to Nigeria," she said.
She noted that the ADF understands the challenges of the Federal Government and Air Peace and has contacted the relevant Federal Government Agencies involved in humanitarian disaster response and will ensure that all Nigerians stranded in Sudan are brought home safely.
“It should be recalled that the Aliko Dangote Foundation supported the Nigerian government with logistical support for Nigerian volunteer health workers who supported Ebola containment efforts in Liberia and Sierra Leone upon their return to the country. countries in 2015.
"Additionally, during the recent Covid pandemic, ADF supported the return of Nigerians from India and Dubai during the outbreak of the pandemic with specially chartered flights and testing and quarantine of the Covid on their return to Nigeria.
READ ALSO:“Since 2011, the ADF has supported several thousand displaced people in Yobe, Borno, Adamawa and Abuja, with total expenditures of over 25 billion naira on the provision of food, shelter and rehabilitation services. health,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, a joint press release from the Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development revealed that the first batch of 13 buses carrying six hundred and thirty-seven (637 ) evacuees had arrived at identified safe borders in Aswan, Egypt and are undergoing necessary documentation and customs clearance prior to admission to Egyptian territory for eventual evacuation to Nigeria.
"Hundreds of people have been killed, while thousands of people fleeing the bloody civil war are believed to be stranded at the Sudanese-Egyptian border due to Egypt's visa requirements," the statement said.
p>Sudan has recorded intense clashes between the country's army and the main paramilitary force.
More than 400 people were killed in the violence, and many counties, including the United States and Saudi Arabia, began evacuating their citizens.
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The Board of the Aliko Dangote Foundation has announced its resolve to become fully involved in the evacuation and resettlement of thousands of Nigerians stranded in Sudan.
In a statement on Sunday, the foundation said it would work with the federal government and Air Peace to ensure the smooth transportation of stranded Nigerians and provide logistics and assistance to evacuees.
According to the statement, Zouera Youssoufou, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), has been in contact with Air Peace management and the Federal Government to indicate that the foundation is ready to support Nigerians blocked. .
"The Foundation will work with the Federal Government and Air Peace to ensure seamless transportation of stranded Nigerians and, most importantly, provide logistics and assistance to evacuees, to settle more comfortably in their homes. back to Nigeria," she said.
She noted that the ADF understands the challenges of the Federal Government and Air Peace and has contacted the relevant Federal Government Agencies involved in humanitarian disaster response and will ensure that all Nigerians stranded in Sudan are brought home safely.
“It should be recalled that the Aliko Dangote Foundation supported the Nigerian government with logistical support for Nigerian volunteer health workers who supported Ebola containment efforts in Liberia and Sierra Leone upon their return to the country. countries in 2015.
"Additionally, during the recent Covid pandemic, ADF supported the return of Nigerians from India and Dubai during the outbreak of the pandemic with specially chartered flights and testing and quarantine of the Covid on their return to Nigeria.
READ ALSO:“Since 2011, the ADF has supported several thousand displaced people in Yobe, Borno, Adamawa and Abuja, with total expenditures of over 25 billion naira on the provision of food, shelter and rehabilitation services. health,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, a joint press release from the Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development revealed that the first batch of 13 buses carrying six hundred and thirty-seven (637 ) evacuees had arrived at identified safe borders in Aswan, Egypt and are undergoing necessary documentation and customs clearance prior to admission to Egyptian territory for eventual evacuation to Nigeria.
"Hundreds of people have been killed, while thousands of people fleeing the bloody civil war are believed to be stranded at the Sudanese-Egyptian border due to Egypt's visa requirements," the statement said.
p>Sudan has recorded intense clashes between the country's army and the main paramilitary force.
More than 400 people were killed in the violence, and many counties, including the United States and Saudi Arabia, began evacuating their citizens.
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