Kazeem Owoseni
No fewer than 151 Libyan returnees have been confirmed to be received at the cargo wing of the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, by The National Emergency Management Agency.
Confirming the development in a statement issued on Wednesday, The Coordinator, of Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the distressed returnees include 88 females and 63 males, noting that they were brought back to the country through the Assisted Voluntary Repatriation by the International Organisation for Migration.
The statement read, “NEMA has received a total of 151 distressed Nigerians from Benqahi, Libya. The returnees were received by the Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
“The statistics of the returnees after profiling indicates that 71 adult females including two with medical issues, 10 female children, and seven female infants were brought back through the Assisted Voluntary Repatriation by the International Organisation for Migration.
“Also the statistic shows that 54 adult males, four male children, and five male infants were among the repatriated distressed Nigerians. They arrived at the airport aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG at about 1930 hours.”
According to Mr. Farinloye, Ahmed who was represented by a Chief Executive Officer, Adenike Ogunkunle, advised the returnees to make their return back to the country worthwhile, by engaging themselves in life-changing trades that will be profitable to their existence in life, noting that it will be profitable for them to have something doing in their country than going abroad to face the uncertainty of life.
“The Director-General enjoined youths to tread softly on the urge to rush out seeking greener pastures where it no longer exists.
