The Federal Government has explained that the sum of 1.2 million dollars allegedly spent in hiring buses for the evacuation of Nigerian students in Sudan was due to the dire need of the war situation.
This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Mrs Rhoda Iliya.
It was also signed by officials of the Ministry of foreign affairs Ambassador Janet Olisa and Dr Sani Gwarzo of the Humanitarian affairs ministry in Abuja on Saturday.
The outcry over the negotiated sum of 1.2 million dollars for the buses hired for the exercise, is uncalled for.
”The amount in question was negotiated in a condition of war and where there are competing demands for the same bus services by other countries also trying to evacuate their citizens.
”The general public is hereby advised to discountenance the unverified information being circulated on social media as some of them are either due to ignorance or sheer mischief,” it said.
The statement also appealed for cooperation and understanding of all Nigerians in the ongoing efforts to ensure all Nigerians stranded in Sudan are returned home safely
