A total of 191 stranded Nigerians in India have been evacuated back home by the Government.
The returnees were evacuated by the National Emergency Management Agency on behalf of the Federal Government.
Addressing the returnees, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, who was represented by the Deputy Director, Disaster Management in the Ministry, Dr Suleiman Abubakar admonished the returnees to be law abiding.
In his remark, Director General NEMA Mustapha Habib Ahmed advised the returnees to learn from their experiences and be law abiding citizens.
The NEMA boss who was represented by the Deputy Director, Search and Rescue Ishaya Isa chonoko said the Federal Government had approved the evacuation to ease the suffering of Nigerians stranded abroad to bring them back home safely.
Received after being profiled and screened, the returnees were given a token of hundred US Dollars or equivalent for transportation to their various homes.
The returnees commended the Federal Government for the special intervention in their safe evacuation back home.
