The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has announced that some of the Nigerians being evacuated from the United Kingdom are expected to land in Lagos’ International Airport tomorrow.
Onyeama who disclosed this on Thursday at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19, said that the returnees would be transferred to the Federal Capital Territory where they will be immediately isolated.
The Minister said:
“We are hoping to have another flight coming in tomorrow from the UK. This batch will be going to Abuja. They will be landing in Lagos first and they will be ferried to Abuja.
“The reason is that we have been very mindful of the cost to the passengers coming home and we want to minimize the burden on them. Appreciating that a lot of them have stayed outside the country than they needed to or wanted to are probably out of pocket.
“We have tried to bargain as much as possible with the various hotels. Abuja offers us a better economy in terms of hotel rates.”
“It’s a learning curve for all of us. So we are very happy that we have been able to get the first batch of Nigerians successfully back home.
“We will like to congratulate those passengers and thank them because really, they comported themselves admirably and went to the hotels they are meant to go to for isolation.
“The conditions are difficult. 14 days in confinement is not easy,” he said.
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