The All Progressives Congress
(APC) on Sunday said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is
committed to mitigating the migration crisis Nigerians are facing, particularly
in Libya and in the Mediterranean Sea.
The party stated this in a
statement issued by Yekini Nabena, its National Publicity Secretary, in
reaction to comments made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the issue.
He condemned attempts by the PDP
to politicise Buhari’s statement on illegal migration and trafficking of
Nigerians during the recent visit of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel to
Nigeria.
Nabena said: “The PDP in its
typical insensitive and unguarded stance on matters affecting the country is
exploiting an issue that borders to on the lives of Nigerians, mostly youths.
“It is a known fact that many
Nigerian families have suffered grief as a result of deaths and other inhuman
treatment that have befell relatives attempting migration to Europe and other
parts of the world.
“Through support of international
agreements and efforts towards curbing illegal migration, repatriation of
stranded Nigerian migrants and addressing root causes encouraging illegal
migration of Nigerians, the President Buhari administration has demonstrated
the political will to check the scourge”.
He recalled the presidential
directive for Nigerians to be evacuated from Libya and other locations and be
returned home safely.
Nabena said the administration
had already put in place several interventionist programmes to enable such
persons start new and productive lives in the country.
He noted that with unemployment
and poverty identified as one of the root causes of illegal migration, the
Buhari administration was using initiatives to check the ugly trend.
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