The Federal Government is making plans to bring home Nigerians stranded abroad as a result of the travel bans imposed by countries due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
To that effect, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed all its missions abroad to compile a list of willing Nigerian nationals who wish to come back.
Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who made this known, stated that the decision was in response to requests by Nigerians stranded abroad in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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A statement issued by the Head, Media and Public Relations Unit, NIDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, noted that “the financial implications will be borne by the prospective evacuees, who will be compulsorily quarantined when they return.”
The statement read in part: “The interested Nigerians are advised to inform the missions in the various countries they are in, which will then collate and coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“To this end, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa urged Nigerians stranded abroad willing to return home to key into this Federal Government gesture by providing information to the mission in their respective host countries.”
