FG alerts potential Nigerian evacuees of limited isolation centers

The federal government of Nigeria has alerted Nigerian evacuees of limited isolation centres, thus, the movement will follow a staggered pattern, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.

Over 2,000 Nigerian nationals haven indicated interest to return home from the United States, United Kingdom, China, United Arab Emirates and other countries on account of the coronavirus pandemic.

But speaking during the Presidential TaskForce on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the minister explained that the isolation centres were not enough to accommodate them.

Onyeama said, “We have received all the number (of Nigerians who registered for the evacuation) from our various embassies all over the world. We have now selected two airlines that would be responsible for bringing them home.

“The numbers are high and the places where we can isolate them are not enough. So, we would have to do it in a staggered fashion and together with the National Emergency Management Agency and the Ministry of Health, we would come to an agreement to be bringing them back according to the number of beds that are available.”

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