“The returnees are from different parts of the country, some from Lagos, Katsina, Cross River, Kaduna, Bauchi and Kano states among others. They will be trained for four days to be self-reliant and will be given a grant,” Abdullahi said.
According to him, the returnees were brought back to Kano through a voluntary repatriation programme for the distressed who had left the country to seek greener pastures in various European countries and could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated.
“Nigerians should avoid endangering their lives by travelling to seek for greener pastures in other countries no country better than our country Nigeria,” the Coordinator said
The NEMA territorial officer noted that the agency between May and August had received 380 Nigerians stranded from Agadez in Niger Republic, Khartoum in Sudan, who were trained on various skills acquisition.
He advised the returnees to be ambassadors towards the advocacy and sensitisation against irregular migration.
The returnees were brought back to Kano State at about 11:30a.m in three luxury buses under the care of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) from Agadez in Niger Republic.