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By Idris Shaba
- April 22, 2023
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- Political
According to the Federal Government, Nigerians in Sudan cannot be evacuated at this time.
Nigerians caught in the continuous emergency in Sudan have been asking to be emptied.
According to the MPH, ahead of the celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, fighting between the forces of two opposing generals showed no signs of abating.
Since Saturday’s fighting between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), more than 300 people have died.
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, made the following statement on Friday: “While the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have put in place arrangements to evacuate Nigerian students and other Nigerian citizens stranded in Sudan, the tensed situation makes it gravely risky and impossible for any flights at this point in time.” “The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has put in place arrangements to
The explanation which was endorsed by Gabriel Odu of Media, Advertising and Conventions Unit, NIDCOM, cited Dabiri-Erewa as taking note of that Airplane stopped at the Air terminal in the nation were scorched on Friday morning
She said Philanthropic Gatherings were looking for approaches to getting food, water and medicals across to individuals.
“The Chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has said while the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the Public Crisis The executives Organization (NEMA), have set up courses of action to empty Nigerian understudies and other Nigerian residents abandoned in Sudan, the strained circumstance makes it seriously unsafe and unthinkable for any trips as of now., noting that yesterday morning, aircraft parked at the country’s airport were set on fire.
“She therefore appealed to the fighting Parties to consider the Juba Peace Agreement enunciated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) as a fundamental mechanism for the restoration of peace and tranquility in the country,” the Intergovernmental Authority on Development stated.
