By Tayo Alabi
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed all its missions abroad to compile lists of Nigerians willing to return home.
This followed requests by Nigerians stranded abroad in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
A statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media and Public Relations unit of NIDCOM quoted that Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), said interested Nigerians are advised to inform the missions in the various countries they are in, who will then collate and coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She, however, said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed that the financial implications will be borne by the prospective evacuees, who will be compulsorily quarantined when they return.
“To this end, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa urged Nigerians stranded abroad willing to return home to key into this Federal Government gesture by providing their information to the mission in their respective host countries”.
