They were received on arrival by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) which coordinated other relevant government agencies in the screening and profiling of the returnees before providing temporary accommodation for them, feeding and helping to transport them home to reunite with their families.
The returnees made up of 132 males, 27 females and 3 children were flown to Nigeria in a chartered Boeing 737 aircraft operated by Ghadames Air under Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) arrangement after they indicated their intentions to come back home from Libya. On arrival, 3 sick persons among them were immediately taken to the hospital.
The NEMA team was led by the Director General who was represented by the Director Relief and Rehabilitation Alhaji Aliyu Baffale Sambo with the Deputy Director Search and Rescue Dr Onimode Bandele, Southwest zonal coordinator Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu. Present with officials of the IOM led by Sara Hamoi, IOM Consultant AVR.
The agencies that participated included the Nigerian Immigration Service, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Police, Port Health Services, Lagos State hospital, NAPTIP, other security agencies.
Source: NEMA
30 comments:
No place like home... dee
They're Welcome home, home sweet home.
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Blame it on our Government...people are so desperate to be anywhere just to leave Nigeria...SAD
It's better here than a country like Libya. Things might not be too gud now in Nigeria but there's hope. You're all welcome back.
You all welcome
Welcome back! Try ur luck at home!
Make dem welcum o
Hope they go to Pakistan next time. Are some countries really worth leaving Nigeria for?
Dey r welcome
...merited happiness
Desperation in the country is on anoda level though...
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Welkom home
Hmmmmmmmmmm welcome home
Una welcome o
Na wa oh. This is how they will deceive these guys that the grass is greener on the other side. It's when they get there that there eyes will open.
Abeg whr nigerians no dey. Even in the most war shredded zones we are der
Signed
#LibBadBoy
Let them better be sure they are Nigerians before they bring in terrorists into this country.
Nigerians can take pictures! Please why are these officials posing and smiling ?
Na the innocent children I dey feel pity for. Linda take note!
Nawa ooo the number of unemployed ppl just increase... they'r welcome sha,no place like home
Welcome home guys naija is still better than that terrorists country.
What were they doing in Libya? Trying to escape to Europe?
Nigeria is jam pad hunger won carry us comot frm 9ja n this once are coming bk. Them for try another country if em go mk am 9ja don full
Sigh.. See what "change" is pushing people to do.
But what make them do that in the first place?
businesses you can start with 50000
Life goes on
WELCOME BACK TO YOUR FATHER LAND (THE ZOO)
AUNTY LINDA....
Thank God for them. Atleast these ones didn't die on the high sea. They should also investigate them well o,cos there might be ISIS agents amongst them
Lib addict#just passing#
*******************************************Nigeria jux wen are u gonna take a cue from oll dix kobo kobo countries insulting u all d time n. Begin to return ??????????????? Tufiakwa
Nigeria will soon be there I believe. Good job
chai the frustration is really pushing people to make so many mistakes. why go to Libya in the first place? anyway wellcome back to the jungle, keep hustling. #survivalofthefittest#
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