The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has received a total of 95 assisted voluntary Nigerians who were stranded in Libya back to Nigeria.
The returnees were brought in with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration, IOM.
They arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, at about 2018 hours onboard Al Buraq Airline with number UZ189/16/5A- DMG-MJI AD15:50
The Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Habib Ahmed Mustapha, implored the returnees to turn a new leaf by looking inward, stating that the country was blessed with abundant resources.
He assured the returnees that the federal government and IOM along with other international partners would not disappoint them as well as Nigerians by providing enabling environment for all to achieve their potentials.
He further reminded them that the pseudo greener pastures that many thought abound in foreign land were not.
According to him, the experiences of the returnees from Libya had proved that.
He said they were in a better position to enlighten anyone still contemplating of travelling out of the country.
The Director General who was represented by the Acting Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos Territorial Office, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, praised the efforts and assistance of IOM in the country and assured the organisation of the continuous cooperation and partnership of the agency.
