Leading the inter-governmental agencies to receive the returnees, the
Director, Consular and Legal Department in the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Amb Bolaji Akinremi, said 255 and 398 returnees arrived Nigeria
on Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
Akinremi said that the smooth reintegration exercise was made possible
by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha.
A statement by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission spokesman,
Abdul-Rahman Balogun, said the director also commended all the agencies
involved in the repatriation exercise.
It said rapid testing for COVID-19 was carried out while the returnees
were profiled by states and gender, adding that they would be
quarantined in a camp for three days.
The statement said, “Akinremi assured the returnees that the
accommodation at the camp has basic amenities which include a 24-hour
medical service to look into the welfare of the returnees before they
are joined with their families.
“The Ambassador said that a token amount of N20,000 was given to each of
the returnees for their transportation while free meals and toiletries
were supplied to all of them.”
The NIDCOM Chairman, represented by Balogun, said everything would be done to make the returnees comfortable.
He advised those wishing to leave the country due to one challenge or
the other to have a rethink, ‘’especially if they do not have any job to
do abroad, to stay at home and think of what to do for themselves.’’
Over 1000 Nigerian returnees from Saudi Arabia were evacuated back to the country in January 2021.
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