The Federal Government of Nigeria has engaged the services of two domestic carriers, Air Peace and Max Air to airlift stranded Nigerians who have fled from war torn Ukraine to neighbouring countries.
Since the war between Ukraine and Russia broke out, many Nigerians, mostly students had called on the government to evacuate them from the country.
According to a press statement from the Ministry of Foreign signed by the Permanent Secretary, about 2090 Nigerians is expected to be airlifted from Hungry, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.
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It says: “Furtherance to our efforts to evacuate Nigerians from the neighbouring countries surrounding Ukraine, we can confirm that chattered flights will depart on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 to pick up Nigerian evacuees back home.
“So far, we have the following records of evacuees received by Nigerian embassies at Hungry (650 person), Poland (350 persons), Roman (940 persons) and Slovakia (150 persons).
“The First batch of evacuees are expected to arrive Nigeria on Thursday, March 3, 2022.
“Once again, we assure Nigerians that we are working round the clock to see that our citizens are brought back home safely”
