By Gloria Ume-Ezeoke
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved $8.5m to the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Humanitarian, Disaster Management, and Social Development, for the evacuation of over 5,000 Nigerians stranded in Ukraine.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday .
He told State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting that three aircraft would be dispatched to four countries.
According to him, the countries where the pickup flights would be headed include – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania.
Two flights from Air Peace and one from Max Air are expected to carry out the evacuation exercise.
Dada said all agencies are fully mobilised to ensure that aircraft leave on Wednesday to begin the evacuation.
He noted that the flights will embark on a number of shifts until the process is complete
