NEMA receives 148 vulnerable Nigerians from Niger Republic
Abdullateef Fowewe
The National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos Territorial Office has received 148 vulnerable Nigerians from the Niger Republic as part of its ongoing humanitarian efforts.
The returnees, who were received by the representatives from the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, the International Organization for Migration, and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, arrived in Nigeria last Tuesday through support from the IOM.
This was made known in a remark NEMA made available for Dailyeconomy on Thursday.
It reads, “The NEMA Lagos Territorial Office (LTO), alongside other key stakeholders, welcomed a new group of returnees repatriated from Niger Republic on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, with support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
“The returnees landed at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Cargo Terminal, at approximately 2:15 PM on Skymali flight ER-CTZ, with a total of 148 individuals. The group included 120 adult males, 9 adult females, 10 male children, 7 female children, and 2 infants.
“Due to heavy rain, there was a brief delay in moving the returnees from the aircraft. Once the weather cleared, officials from the Nigerian Immigration Service arrived, and the aircraft handlers provided buses to transport the returnees to the biometric registration center for documentation.
Other stakeholders present included representatives from NCFRMI, IOM, and FAAN.”
