The presidency on Wednesday released a statement on the efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to resolve the migrant crisis affecting Nigerians.
Thousands of Nigerians seeking greener pastures are stranded in Libya, many seeking to travel the risky Mediterranean to Europe.
After CNN reports showed that some migrants including Nigerians were being sold as slaves in Libya, President Buhari on Wednesday condemned the practice, saying the government would ensure all Nigerians stranded in the North African country return home.
On Wednesday evening, the presidency shared a “factsheet on the migrant crisis involving Nigerian citizens.”
The statement outlined seven steps the government has taken to achieve its aim including “the constitution of a Committee of relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and law enforcement agencies to address the issues.”
Read the full factsheet below.
The Buhari Administration recognises the seriousness of the migrant situation, across West Africa, the Sahel, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East, and is taking steps to decisively address the situation. The President has described news reports of the enslavement of persons in Libya as appalling and unacceptable.
2). President Buhari has assured that all Nigerians in Libya and elsewhere will be assisted to return safely to Nigeria. More than 5,000 Nigerians have returned home in 2017, according to NEMA. About 90 percent of them returned from Libya, and the remaining from Saudi Arabia. Repatriation is ongoing.
3). President Buhari has directed the constitution of a Committee of relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and law enforcement agencies to address the issues.
4). In line with the President’s mandate, on Wednesday November 29, Vice President Osinbajo chaired a meeting attended by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Minister of Justice, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Directors-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).
5). The three agencies have been working with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to resettle and reintegrate returning Nigerians. These agencies are also stepping up their education and sensitisation campaigns, targeted at vulnerable persons.
6). Nigeria’s security agencies are also collaborating to arrest and prosecute the local and international criminal networks responsible for human trafficking and enslavement.
7). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is strengthening its engagements with concerned foreign governments, to ensure that Nigerian citizens are better treated and protected abroad.
All this ur praise is taking u no where before what is his responsibility towards his people stranded outside, is he not the commander in Chief of Nigeria, it will be very bad and unprofessional of him if he should keep quiet owning that his own Citizens are suffering, stranded and being used as trade items in foreign land, if the country is conducive, what would make them seek greener pasture in unknown country, so stop the praise word, though we appreciate his effort even if it is coming late but at all, at all na him bad!
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