May 12, (THEWILL) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has dispatched assorted food items approved for the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan to cater for the stranded Nigerians that are waiting for airlift in Port Sudan back home.
Mustapha Ahmed, Director General of the agency, said the items were airlifted on Thursday, to Port Sudan by Tarco Aviation, which earlier brought 123 stranded Nigerians to Abuja.
The items are meant to cater for the Nigerian citizens while evacuation process is being strengthened.
“The items consist of 100 bags of 10 kg rice, 50 bags of 10kg beans, 10 cartons of seasoning, 50 cartons of spaghetti and 5 bags of iodized salt.
“The items were airlifted on Thursday to Port Sudan by Tarco Aviation which earlier brought 123 stranded Nigerians to Abuja.
“The latest arrival has brought the total number of evacuated stranded Nigerians to 2,246 in 12 different flights”, NEMA explained in a tweet on Thursday.
