Alhaji Muhammad Sidi, Director General, National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday that 41 Nigerians deported from the
United Kingdom for various immigration offences had arrived the country.
He confirmed the development in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN), while receiving the deportees at the Muritala Muhammed
International Airport (MMlA) Lagos.
Sidi added that the 33 adult males and eight female
deportees arrived the country aboard a chartered aircraft at about 8: 00 a.m.
“From the manifest with me, 41 Nigerians are on board and
according to the British High Commission in Nigeria, they were deported because
they committed various immigration offences.
“As a responsible government, we cannot just leave our
citizens to enter the country without giving them a good welcome.
“Also, we want to let them know that the country they left
years ago, is different from what they are returning to.’’
He stressed that Nigeria had moved ahead since the deportees
left the country, adding that everybody has equal opportunities under the
present government.
Sidi, who was represented by Dr Onimode Bandele, the Deputy
Director, Search and Rescue in the agency, advised Nigerians to stay in the
country and develop it.
He, however, said that some stipends would be given to the
deportees, to facilitate their transportation to their various destinations.
NAN reports that other agencies who were at the airport to
receive the deportees included officials of the Federal Airports Authority of
Nigeria, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigerian Police Force and the Nigeria
Immigration Service.
-theguardian
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