Over 12000 Nigerians Have Been Evacuated In 12 Flights – FG

On May 11, the National Emergency Management Agency said that the Federal Government had so far used 12 flights to remove 2,246 Nigerians from Sudan.

NEMA announced this in a statement released in Abuja by Manzo Ezekiel, the head of its press unit, and added that it had sent food supplies to evacuees to help ease their condition.

The agency added that efforts were being made to recruit more Nigerian carriers to help in airlifting stranded nationals out of the war-torn African nation while stating that the evacuation exercise would continue.

NEMA announced this in a statement released in Abuja by Manzo Ezekiel, the head of its press unit, and added that it had sent food supplies to evacuees to help ease their condition.

The food items, according to the NEMA Director-General, Habib Ahmed, were meant to cater for the Nigerian citizens, while the ongoing evacuation exercise was being strengthened.

“The items consist of 100 bags of 10kg rice, 50 bags of 10kg beans, 10 cartons of seasoning, 50 cartons of spaghetti, and five bags of iodised salt.

“The items were airlifted on Thursday to Port Sudan by Tarco Aviation that brought 123 stranded Nigerians to Abuja. The latest arrival has brought the total number of evacuated stranded Nigerians to 2,246 in 12 different flights,” the agency stated.

NEMA stressed that “it must be emphasised that the evacuation exercise is continuing, with efforts being made to engage some Nigerian airlines to strengthen airlift of Nigerian citizens that are willing and have been profiled to be transported back home as a result of the unfortunate conflict in Sudan.”