The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday received another batch of 174 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said that the Nigerians arrived at the cargo wing of the airport at 3:45p.m. He said that the returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through a voluntary repatriation programme. Farinloye said that the returnees comprised 75 male adults, 69 female adults, 12 male and five female children, 10 female infant and three male infants. “We admonished the returnees on the need to realise that there’s no country better than Nigeria.

Source: Libya Today August 16, 2022 23:22 UTC