The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has said it is making arrangements to evacuate stranded Nigerians from Sudan.
This is even as the director-general NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed has assured that NEMA is very much concerned and on top of the situation and is working on all possible options to bringing the stranded Nigerians back home to their loved ones in safe and dignified manner.
The agency also stated that a committee has been set up comprising of professional emergency responders, search and rescue experts to constantly evaluate the situation and seek for the safest way to evacuate the Nigerian citizens even if it is through a country’s neighbouring country.
A statement by NEMA, head, press unit on Saturday Ezekiel Manzo said the explanation became necessary in order to inform the public that NEMA is in constant communication with all relevant partners including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Nigerian Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and security agencies while seeking an appropriate window of opportunity to evacuate all stranded Nigerians back home in a safe and dignified manner.
