The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has revealed that the Federal Government had so far evacuated 2,246 Nigerians from Sudan using 12 flights.
NEMA disclosed this in a recent statement issued by its Head, Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel in Abuja and noted that it also availed food items to evacuees to help ameliorate their plights.
The agency also disclosed that the evacuation process would continue and added that efforts were being made to liaise with more Nigerian carriers to join in evacuating stranded citizens in the country.
According to NEMA’s Director-General, Habib Ahmed, the food items were meant to cater for the Nigerian citizens, while the ongoing evacuation exercise was being consolidated.
The agency said: “The items consist of 100 bags of 10kg rice, 50 bags of 10kg beans, 10 cartons of seasoning, 50 cartons of spaghetti, and five bags of iodised salt.
“The items were airlifted on Thursday to Port Sudan by Tarco Aviation that brought 123 stranded Nigerians to Abuja. The latest arrival has brought the total number of evacuated stranded Nigerians to 2,246 in 12 different flights.
“It must be emphasised that the evacuation exercise is continuing, with efforts being made to engage some Nigerian airlines to strengthen airlift of Nigerian citizens that are willing and have been profiled to be transported back home as a result of the unfortunate conflict in Sudan.”
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