The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, has announced the evacuation of 384 stranded Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates.
Those evacuated are part of the 802 Nigerians stranded in Saudi Arabia that the Nigerian government had promised to return back to Nigeria on Thursday and Friday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the second batch will arrive in the country on Friday and would be received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the ministry’s officials.
“They (returnees) will be quarantined at the FCT Hajj camp for a period of 14 days in line with established COVID-19 protocols. Thereafter, the ministry will facilitate their movement to their respective home destinations,” the Ministry said in a statement.
Announcing the return of the first batch on Thursday, NIDCOM said out of the 384 returnees, 300 are males while 83 are females with one infant whose gender was not disclosed.
NiDCOM tweeted;“384 Returnees (300 Males, 83 Females and one Infant) of the 802 Stranded Nigerians in UAE just arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via Saudi Air flight B773 at about 1:10 pm local time today 28th January 2021.”