NEMA returns 7000 Deportees to their States
The National Emergency Management Agency has announced the registration of 11, 449 Nigerian returnees from Niger Republic in Yobe state.
The Information Officer of the agency, Ezekiel Manzu, released a statement by the Director General of NEMA, Sani Sidi, saying that of the 11,449 returnees, about 7,000 have been transported to their various states including Borno, Taraba, Jigawa, Kano, Benue, Bauchi, Sokoto, Niger, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Yobe, Gombe, Adamawa, Nasarawa, Imo, and Delta states.
The agency also reaffirmed its commitment to seeing that the deportees return to their homes, stating that high capacity buses have been provided to convey returnees to their states basic support to transit camps.
The statement read: “The agency is fully committed to the transportation of the returnees to their states and the staff of the agency would remain at the transit camp until the last person leaves.
“More relief supports have also been deployed to support them while in the camp.”
