The return of 384 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia has been announced by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission.
The returnees forms part of the 802 stranded Nigerians that the federal Government promised to evacuate on thursday and friday respectively.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed that the second batch will arrive in the country on Friday and would be received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the ministry’s officials.
A statement said, “They returnees will be quarantined at the FCT Hajj camp for a period of 14 days in line with established COVID-19 protocols after which the ministry will facilitate their movement to their respective home destinations.”
Announcing the return of the first batch, NIDCOM said out of the 384 returnees, 300 are males while 83 are females with one infant whose gender the Commission decided not to talk about .
According to NIDCOM through its twitter page revealed the figures of the returnees which stood at 384 include 300 males,83 females and one infant whose gender the Commission didn’t disclose.