The Federal Government has issued an update over ongoing efforts to evacuate trapped Nigerian students in Sudan.
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) gave this update via a tweet on Wednesday.
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It tweeted that the buses arrived on Tuesday night with more buses expected to arrive on Wednesday morning with help from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan.
“Last night, the Nigeria Evacuation team in SUDAN received some buses to transport Nigerian Students to nearby borders in Egypt, before airlifting them to Nigeria, this has been sorted by Federal Government through @nemanigeria and the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan,” NIDCOM tweeted.
UPDATE:
Last night, the Nigeria Evacuation team in SUDAN received some buses to transport Nigerian Students to nearby borders in Egypt, before airlifting them to Nigeria, this has been sorted by Federal Government through @nemanigeria and the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan.More… pic.twitter.com/HKmQJPqz6d
— Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (@nidcom_gov) April 26, 2023
On Monday, the Chairman of Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, had reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to the evacuation of the country’s nationals stranded in Sudan.
Over 400 people had been killed in the fighting between the Sudanese troops and a paramilitary force called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, and other parts of the country since last week.
The Federal Government had last weekend set up a committee to evacuate Nigerians stranded in the war-torn North African country.
Dabiri-Erewa, who featured in Channels Television’s programme, Lunchtime Politics, said the Federal Government was making tremendous progress in the efforts to get the stranded Nigerians back home.
She said;
Buses will take them to a location. We’re looking at places in Egypt: Luxor and some other places there. So, really there’s been tremendous progress. Mr. President has given his nod immediately after this happened, so there’s a lot.
