708 Nigerians evacuated from Niger arrive in Kano

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) connected Monday received 708 Nigerians who had been stranded successful Niamey, Niger Republic, successful a government-led evacuation operation.

Dr. Nura Abdullahi, Head of Operations astatine NEMA’s Kano office, told journalists astatine Malam Aminu Kano International Airport that the returnees arrived astir 4:08 p.m. successful 12 buses and were instantly registered and screened.

The radical includes 292 males and 416 females, consisting of some adults and children, from states including Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Benue, Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi, and Niger. Medical teams from the Nigerian Red Cross attended to those successful need, portion superior cases were referred to authorities hospitals.

Abdullahi besides urged Nigerians, particularly young people, to debar risking their lives by traveling overseas illegally successful hunt of amended opportunities.

Hajiya Luba Liman, Kano Field Coordinator for the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), described the evacuation arsenic a coordinated effort involving respective authorities agencies successful coll...