Another Three Hundred and thirty one Nigerians have arrived into the country from the United Arab Emirate, UAE.
The evacuees arrived the country on Friday at about 2:24pm onboard Emirates Airline.
The evacuation was announced by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, via a tweet on its official Twitter account.
The Commission stated that all the evacuees tested negative for COVID-19 and are all expected to embark on the mandatory 14 days self-isolation as directed by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
NiDCOM tweeted:
BREAKING:
EVACUATION UPDATE@emirates flight conveying 331 Evacuees arrive Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport, Abuja at about 1424HRS from the United Arab Emirates UEA, today Friday, 7th of August, 2020.This brings the number of evacuees from the UAE to a total of 2,042.
1/2. pic.twitter.com/Xhou0h3JyQ— Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (@nidcom_gov) August 7, 2020
Friday’s Evacuation came two days after 306 arrived onboard AirPeace, bringing the total number of evacuees from UAE to 2,042,the Commission announced.
According to the chairman of the commission,Abike Dabiri-Erewa,there will be a couple of more flights from the UAE as the mission is working towards beating the Aug 17 deadline given by the country for all illegal residents to leave.
