By Linus Aleke
The Federal Government on Wednesday said that the first batch of evacuees from war-torn Ukraine is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Thursday, March 3, 2022.
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda in a statement said that the Chattered flights will depart on Wednesday.
According to the statement, “Furtherance to our efforts to evacuate Nigerians from the neighboring countries
surrounding Ukraine, we can confirm that Chattered flights will depart on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, to pick up Nigerian evacuees back home.
“So far, we have the following records of evacuees received by Nigerian embassies at Hungary (650 persons), Poland (350 persons), Romania (940 persons), and Slovakia (150 persons)”.
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Ambassador Aduda said the capacity and route of the airlines are as follows: Max Air to Romania 560m persons, Airpeace to Poland 364 persons, and Air peace to Hungary 360 persons.
“The first batch of evacuees are expected to arrive Nigeria on Thursday, March 3. 2022. Once again, we assure Nigerians that we are working round the clock to see that our citizens are brought back home safely,” he added.
The Permanent Secretary concluded by providing the following consular helplines: +234 916 084 7498, +234 701 088 2907.
