94 Nigerian Girls Stranded In Lebanon Return
About 94 Nigerian girls stranded in Lebanon, returned to the country on Wednesday through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, according to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission.
NIDCOM disclosed this in a tweet.
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According to the NIDCOM’s Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, there are still over 40 others in Lebanon.
But, she thanked the Lebanese Government for making the evaluation possible.
“On hand to welcome home 94 Nigerians stranded in Lebanon for months .
“A big thank you to the Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria, the Nigerian Mission in Lebanon, the Lebanese Community in Nigeria for making this possible. Nema is handling their logistics . More returning soon”, she tweeted.
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Recall that on August 5, NIDCOM’s Secretary, Dr Sule Bassi, had visited the Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Houssam Diab, over the viral video of Nigerian girls stranded in Lebanon.
He had urged the diplomat to help bring the girls back home.
On his part, Houssam assured that the Lebanese Government was committed to bringing back the girls.
”We will stay in close cooperation with the Diaspora Commission, and also the House Committee on Diaspora Chairman, Tolu Akande-Sadipe, who is working with us closely and hopefully we will be able to bring these girls back to Nigeria”, he said.
