The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has received 167 stranded Nigerians in Libya repatriated back to the country.
They arrived Nigeria on Tuesday.
The Director General of the NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed Habib, received the Assisted Voluntary Returnees at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
He admonished the returnees to look beyond seeking greener pastures in foreign lands.
According to him, such pastures no longer existed.
The returnees landed at the MIMIA at about 2308 hours onboard Boeing 737-800 Al Buraq Air with registration 5A-DMG.
The profiling of the returnees from Libya reveals that adult females are 65, female children are 3 and female infants are 5, making a total of 73 females.
Male adults are 76, male children are 11 and male infants are 7 making a total of 94 males.
Habib advised the returnees to look inward towards making the best use of abundant resources abound in Nigeria in order to utilise their potentials.
The Director General who was represented by NEMA Lagos Territorial Office Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye, assured the returnees that the federal government was conscious of the aspirations of the youths and it was providing enabling environment where everyone would achieve his or her full potentials.
Other agencies that joined NEMA to receive the returnees include the National Refugee Commission, Police, FAAN and Nigeria Immigration Service.
