Moses Ofodeme
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Friday, April 3; advised all its missions abroad to compile lists of willing nationals who requested to return home.
This was a sequel to the request by Nigerians stranded abroad in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria in the Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, made the disclosure in a statement signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media and Public Relations Unit of the commission in Abuja.
According to Dabiri-Erewa, the interested Nigerians are advised to inform the missions in the various countries they are in; who will then collate and coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She, however, said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had instructed that the financial implications would be borne by the prospective evacuees; who will be compulsorily quarantined when they returned as a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus.
The NIDCOM chairman urged Nigerians stranded abroad willing to return home to key into this Federal Government gesture; by providing their information to the mission in their respective host countries.
She said that while embassies in several countries were also on lockdown, those interested could also go online and fill a form provided on the commission’s website: Form101 – Nigerians in Diaspora Commission
It was gathered that other platforms to be reached are: info@nidcom.gov.ng, admin@nidcom.gov.ng, media@nidcom.gov.ng, legal@nidcom.gov.ng and the Twitter handle: @nidcom_gov.
She also urged them to also use www.nidcom_gov.ng.