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A high profile federal government delegation has arrived Libya to commence the process of massive evacuation of Nigerians stranded in the North African country back home.
This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Sani Datti, and made available to TheNewsGuru on Thursday.
TheNewsGuru reports the FG delegation is led by the Minister of Foreign Minister Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema and comprising of the Director General of NEMA, Engr Mustapha Maihaja and other heads of relevant agencies.
A total of 5, 037 stranded citizens have been identified for the evacuation back home.
“The delegation arrived Tripoli, Libya on Wednesday ahead of the actual evacuation operation that is expected to commence on Friday (tomorrow) with the airlift of the stranded Nigerians by two indigenous carriers engaged for the exercises,” the statement read.
A reception centre has been established in Port Harcourt where the returnees on their arrival would be formally received and profiled before being transported to their various states.
The evacuation exercises is being led by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinated by the National Emergency Management Agency with the involvement of all the relevant agencies.