The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, and her Foreign Affairs counterpart, Geoffrey Onyeama, have said plans are underway to airlift Nigerians caught up in the ongoing crisis in Sudan.
According to a statement in Abuja by Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, the two ministers said government has already set in motion mechanism to ensure the safe extraction of Nigerians.
Deploring the growing humanitarian crisis, the statement urged citizens to reach out to the Nigerian mission in Sudan for further instructions or call the numbers: +2348035866773, +249961956284, +2348063636862, +249961956274 +2349066663493.
The statement notes: “The ministers emphasise that concrete plans are underway to deploy, very shortly, air transport to evacuate all stranded Nigerian citizens, through identified safe transit areas, back home to Nigeria in safety and dignity.”
The Federal Government also empathised with persons stranded in Sudan, even as it warned against making treacherous journeys in a bid to return home.
Janet Olisa, Director Overseeing the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave the advice in a statement.
She urged parents to advise their children in Sudan to remain calm and maintain constant communication with officials of the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan for instructions and updates, maintaining that efforts are being made to evacuate them.
Source: Guardian newspaper
