The National Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday said a total of 4,123 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya between January 6 and December 18, 2018.
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The National Emergency Management Agency has received another batch of 193 stranded Nigerians from Libya.
The government said the centres where established in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration to stem the tide of irregular migration by Nigerians.
Segun Afolayan, Acting Zonal Coordinator, NEMA, South West Zone, who confirmed this to newsmen on Friday in Lagos, urged the returnees to make good use of the second chance offered to them by God by forging ahead and making positive contributions to the development of the nation.
No fewer than 141 Nigerians, including 11 pregnant women, have voluntarily returned from Libya to Nigeria with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration and the European Union.
The Planning Officer of NEMA, Segun Afolayan, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday that the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at 9.45p.m. on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 22-year- old bagged the sentence for the offence which he committed on November 10, 2014 at Ado central area of Ado Ekiti.