The deportees reportedly arrived in the country on board an Ethiopian Airline plane at about noon.
Mr Daniel Obot, the Assistant Director, Relief and Rehabilitation, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), told newsmen at the Airport that the deportees were part of the 508 Nigerians residing illegally in Saudi Arabia.
He said the Federal Government approved their repatriation after they voluntarily agreed to return home, adding that they would be handed over to officials of their State Emergency Management Agency after due clearance.
Also speaking to newsmen, the Director Consular and Immigration Services in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Abdulazeez Dan-Kano, said the 80 deportees were from eight states of the country.
Dan-Kano said that 31 of the deportees are from Kano State, 19 from Borno, three from Bauchi State and eight from Jigawa.
Similarly, he said that seven of the deportees are from Yobe, two from Plateau, nine from Katsina State and one from Nasarawa State.
Dan-Kano said that those deported were mainly women, children and the sick.
He said that more deportees were expected to arrive in the country on Thursday.
Dan Kano said that the deportees indicated their interest to return to Nigeria following a November deadline issued by the Saudi Authorities for all illegal immigrants to leave the country.
He said that 951 other Nigerians arrested by the Saudi authorities were being held in a camp in the country, and that they would return home at the instance of the Saudi government. (NAN)
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ReplyDeleteNot only Saudi, many other countries arround the world took their effort to develop there countries, but Nigeria politicians lack vision, I will always say it that Nigeria is more blessed than many advanced countries arround the world, not only with oil, with good weather devoid of natural desasters, yet we refuse to develop. wrong city layouts in Lagos, Abuja and so on with just any kind of buildings wasting lands, and causing eye saw, yet we are calling Lagos mega city, Abuja a fine city, what is mega amd what is fine in these, that some set of rich people create a village for themselves while government leave most places dirty and unroad wardy. We need a general standards that keep the country growing and beautiful. The bottom line is that our goverment right from the past think like undeveloped, uncivilised people.....they don't know what it takes to make a country beautiful and confortable for foreigners come., but all want to run to Dubai, america, UK, Saudi. etc. We can do it, let us stop embezelment, Nigeria can be greater than all this countries, China which was disturbed with over population and poorverty is a good example, Dubai which use to be a desert is a good example...STOP STEALLING AND LET US THINK STRAIGHT, AND NO ONE WILL LIKE TO LEAVE SHORE OF NIGERIA.
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