No fewer than 111 Nigerians deported from crisis ridden Libya arrived at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday and were received by Muhammad Sidi, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), who advised the deportees to avail themselves of the abundant opportunities in the country. The Nigerians, who were deported for various immigration reasons, were enjoined to consider their return as a challenge and forge a way forward to starting a new life.
Muhammad Sidi urged them to take into account the trauma and hardship they had gone through in the foreign land.
Sidi pointed out that whatever efforts or achievements they made in a foreign land, they are still considered as second class citizens.
“You all should uplift the standard of living of fellow citizens in particular and technological development of this country as a whole,” he said.
The deportees included 47 males, 52 females, and four male and eight female minors.
Sidi explained that a total of 172 had indicated their intention to return home, but 61 declined at the last minute when they were asked to board the flight
