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NEMA receives 103 Nigerian deportees from Turkey
Some deportees from Turkiye with Federal Government officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Friday
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By Philomina Attah
A total of 103 Nigerians deported from the Republic of Turkey back to Nigeria have been received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other Stakeholders.
The deportees who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday at 7pm through the pilgrims wing of the airport were received by the Federal Government officials led by NEMA.
A Southwind Airlines flight TCGRB conveyed the deportees from Turkey to Nigeria.
Addressing the returnees, the Director General NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, admonished them to accept their experience in good faith and be law abiding.
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The DG NEMA, who was represented by the Director, North Central Zone, Alhaji Bashir Garga, said the returnees were received with dignity to assuage their experience and assured the concerns of Federal Government over their plights.
Umar announced that a token of financial support had been provided to assist in their transportation to their various locations.
After being screened by officials of Port Health authority, profiling was done by NEMA and NCFRMI, they were cleared by NIS and were given transportation to aid their movement to their various destination.
Other stakeholders that joined to receive the deportees were officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), National Commission for Refugees Migrant and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMID), National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
Other are the Federal Airport Authority of Nigerian (FAAN), Nigerian Police Force (NPF), Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Others were officials of Port Health Authority and National Intelligence Agency. (NAN)
