The Nigerian Government has officially handed over Kano State indigenes who recently returned from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Out of the 1,319 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Saudi Arabia, 310 were indigenes of Kano State.
Director, Consular and Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bolaji Akinremi, who received the returnees on their arrival from Saudi Arabia, noted that their quarantine period had elapsed.
“The returnees were well catered for by the Federal Government have tested negative to corona virus before being discharged“. Ambassador Akinremi said.
Receiving them on behalf of the Kano State Government, the Director General
Kano Investment Promotion Agency and Diaspora, Hajia Hama Aware Mohammed ,expressed gratitude to the Federal Government, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nigerians in Diaspora Commission for their untiring efforts.
Hajia Hama Mohammed further assured the Government that all returnees will be well received, rehabilitated and reintegrated in to the society.
“The State Government is ever ready to receive them and make home (Kano) better for them than where they came from through vocational education and skills acquisition”. She said
The Returnees were all camped at the FCT Muslims Pilgrims facility, Abuja.
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