By Ahmad Deedat Zakari.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved $8.5m dollars for the evacuation of Nigerians stranded in Ukraine.
This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Foreign affairs, Zubairu Dada on Wednesday, March 2 shortly after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, he said the president approved $8.5 million for the evacuation exercise.
” The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs wrote a memo to the president seeking funding to enable us conduct this exercise. The memo was to the tune of $8.5 million which Mr President has graciously approved. That Provision entails an arrangement to evacuate no less than 5,000 Nigerians” he said.
According to him, the pickup flights would be headed to four countries, which are : Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania.
