NEMA Gets 105 Stranded Nigerians From Chad

The NEMA Coordinator also advised Nigerians to avoid putting their lives in danger by seeking greener pastures in other countries, saying that no country is better than Nigeria.

He recalled that between May and October 2022, the agency received 560 Nigerians stranded in Agadez, Niger Republic, and Khartoum, Sudan, and trained them in a variety of skills.

Fanne Abba, a returnee and mother of two from Borno State, recounted her ordeal, saying she traveled to Chad for three years to seek greener pastures with her two children.

“There was no peace in my village Gambarun Gana. Boko Haram did not let us stay because everyone was scared. So, I travelled to Chad, thinking things would be better.

“I did dry cleaning service with other home service jobs. Things were no longer easy. I decided to come back home,” she said.

Another returnee from Kano State, Aminu Musa said he travelled to Libya for greener pastures because he was an orphan and his sick mother could not cater for the family.

“My father died three years ago and things were bad for our family.

“During my stay in Libiya for two years, my friend was kidnapped there,” he said.

NAN reports that officials of SEMA, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Nigeria Red Cross and the Department of State Services (DSS) were at the airport to receive and clear the returnees.