Nigerians in Ukraine Scheduled To Be Air-lifted Tomorrow.

The evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine which was scheduled to take place Monday (yesterday) has been rescheduled for tomorrow to give enough room for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the House of Representatives and the Nigerian foreign missions in Ukraine, Poland and Russia to complete formalities of moving from inside Ukraine to safe borders with neighbouring countries.

This will be the first batch of air-lifting of Nigerian citizens trapped in the war-torn Ukraine.

The Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila, gave the reassurance when he met the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, in his office in Abuja, yesterday, for a meeting on the plight of Nigerians caught in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

He noted that response mechanisms, including funds, aeroplanes and other equipment, must readily be on standby to respond to life-threatening situations such as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and how they affected Nigerians.

“We must be in a state of readiness at all times. We should have our own planes and necessary funding to respond quickly to such emergencies” Gbajabiamila said.

The minister of Foreign affairs Geoffery Onyeama has said that Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Russia, are among the countries to be used as exit points. He also noted there were about 5,600 Nigerian students in Ukraine, added that there were also non-students, some of whom might not have been legally documented.