Following the approval of $8.5million by President Muhammadu Buhari to evacuate Nigerians from Ukraine, the first batch of the evacuees is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Thursday.
According to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, chattered flights would begin to pick up Nigerian evacuees back home, scattered in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.
He said: “So far, we have the following records of evacuees received by Nigerian embassies at Hungary, 650 persons; Poland, 350 persons; Romania, 940 persons and Slovakia, 150 persons.
“The capacity and route of the airlines are as follows: Max Air to Romania, 560 persons; Air Peace to Poland, 364 persons and Air Peace to Hungary 360 persons.”
Aduda assured Nigerians that the government was working round the clock to ensure that citizens were brought back home safely.
The $8.5million dollars was approved by Buhari for the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Humanitarian, Disaster Management, and Social Development, towards the evacuation of over 5,000 registered and unregistered Nigerians stranded in Ukraine.
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