The Federal Government has assured Nigerians living in South Africa that all citizens who have indicated willingness to return home amid ongoing anti-migrant attacks in the country will be evacuated before the June 30 deadline.
The assurance was given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, in a press statement issued on Thursday and signed by the Special Assistant on Communication and New Media, Magnus Eze.
Odumegwu-Ojukwu said the Tinubu administration remains committed to the safety and welfare of Nigerians abroad.
She added that no citizen who has expressed interest in returning from South Africa will be left behind.
According to her, the evacuation exercise is already underway, with the first batch of 258 Nigerians already airlifted from South Africa and received at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on June 11 by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye.
She disclosed that about 1,000
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