BEVERLY HILLS, August 13, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has approved the airtlift of another batch of Nigerians stranded in the United States (US) following the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a statement by the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Benaoyagha Okoyen the flight is scheduled to convey the evacuees from New Jersey on August 20 to both Abuja and Lagos. This would come after the seventh and eight evacuation flights scheduled for August 15 and August 19 respectively from Houston, Texas, to Lagos.
This is the ninth and last evacuation flight for Nigerians in the US as the number of Nigerians evacuated from the country has so far hit 1,739. The stranded Nigerian citizens were flown into the country in six special flights from the U.S.
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