Russian invasion: Nigeria to evacuate Ghanaians, Cameroonians, others
The Nigerian government is making provision to evacuate 2,000 Africans, including those from Ghana, Togo and other West African countries, from Ukraine.
The Director, Consular and Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bolaji Akinremi, said this on Tuesday.
Akinremi said the Nigerian government had the capacity to evacuate all 8,000 Nigerians and another 2,000 Africans with primary focus on citizens of West Africa.
He added that once these Africans arrive in Nigeria, they will have to make their way to their respective countries. All these, he said, would be done free of charge.
He said, “We are making provisions to evacuate citizens of Ghana, Togo and mainly West African countries. It is open to all African countries.
“We have provisions for about 2,000 of them as long as they can find their way from here.”
Akinremi added that the evacuation would begin on Thursday and not Wednesday as expected.
He said the planes that would evacuate those stranded would arrive in the countries bordering Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday.
When asked why the evacuation will no longer happen on Wednesday, he said, “We cannot do it without authorisation of the host country. So, it will be Wednesday night into Thursday.”
