The National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA) has said that so far it has
received a total of 140 Nigerians as derelicts in Agadas, Niger
Republic.
Agency’s Coordinator, in Kano state
Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, received the returnees in Kano on Saturday 30 July 2022.
The deportees were transported
to kano by road under the care of the International Organization for Migration
under the voluntary repatriation program for the distraught, who travelled out
in search of better life abroad and their missions proved impossible.
Among the them were 100 male
adults, 30 female adults and 10 children from various states of the federation
including plateau,katsina, Cross River and Lagos respectively, who according to
NEMA would be groomed to be
self-dependants in different expertise after which they would be given funds to
start up .
The illicit migrants were also
advised to desist unlawful migration and see what happened to them as lesson to
be used in advocating against uneven journey.
The Agency had also issued clothes,
food, toiletries, blankets, mosquito nets, pampers, sanitary pad and clothes
for use before they recover from the stress.
According to NEMA’s coordinator Nigeria
shall remain the best place for its
citizens to seek for whatever kind of life they want, being the giant of
Africa.
One of the returnees, a mother
and divorcee who hailed from Kaduna state testified that as she attempted to
cross boarder to Libya she learnt a lot of unforgettable lessons with her off-springs.
There had been persistent cases
of irregular migration among Nigerians who believed that life in their home
country will never change to what they have been dreaming of despite abundant
resources the country was blessed with.
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