9,822 Nigerians returned from Libya, other countries NEMA
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the iom analysis of the exercise reveals that out of the total figure 59 per cent of the returnees are males and 41 per cent are females1 by adekunle williams and solomon asowata1 the zonal coordinator of nema south west zone alhaji yakubu suleiman disclosed this while receiving another batch of of 153 assisted voluntary returnees avr brought back by iom from libya on friday1 he said majority of the returnees were from libya with about 8657 voluntary returnees while others were brought back from niger mali morocco liberia burkina faso france ireland austria and poland made up the remaining balance1 suleiman explained that iom had been working with nema and other federal agencies towards giving the returnees appropriate humanitarian assistance since the exercise started1 according to him the returnees were brought back between april 2017 and september 20181 the national emergency management agency nema says no fewer than 9 822 stranded nigerians were assisted back home by the international organisation for migration iom from 10 different countries in 18 months1 further analysis shows that out of the above 57 per cent are adult males adult females consisted of 37 per cent minor males are three per cent and minor females are also three per centhe said1 suleiman said 215 of the women returned under various stages of pregnancy while while 214 males and 141 females had various degree of medical challenges1 he also disclosed was that there were 59 males and 52 females unaccompanied minors while about 24 males and 174 females need psychosocial first aid1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the new batch of returnees arrived at the cargo wing of the murtala muhammed international airport lagos at 1.05 a.m. on friday1 the nigerians comprising of 97 males and 56 females arrived aboard a libyan airline with registration no 5a-dmg and flight no brq 189. nan1