Russia-Ukraine War: FG evacuates Nigerians
The first batch of 415 Nigerians fleeing from the war in Ukraine has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from Romania.
The evacuees arrived in Abuja via Max Air by 7:10 a.m on Friday.
The stranded Nigerians had fled Ukraine to Bucharest from where they were evacuated to Nigeria following the intervention of the federal government.
According to Gabriel Aduda, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government had made arrangements to ensure that no Nigerian was left stranded in any of the countries where they fled to.
Mr Aduda said Nigerian airlines – Air Peace and Air Max – would transport stranded Nigerians from Romania, Hungary, and Poland.
He explained that evacuation had already begun and the evacuees would begin to arrive in Nigeria from March 4.
The permanent secretary, however, urged the stranded willing to be evacuated to Nigeria to register for the process as only those documented with the Nigerian embassies would be eligible for evacuation.Â
(NAN)
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