The Chairperson of Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has confirmed that the number of Nigerians willing to leave South Africa has increased from 400 to 640.
This news medium understands that she made this known while speaking to Journalists on Monday, where she also revealed that two aircrafts are ready to convey the Nigerians back to the country.
“As I speak with you now, we have 640 Nigerians voluntarily registered to come home and they will be home in a couple of days and we believe that more will still be coming to register,” she said.
“Two planes will convey them. the envoy will be briefing the president. When we receive the first two batches, we will know how many more will come. With the envoy’s briefing to the president, we will be having everything in place.
“They went on their own and have volunteered to come back. They belong to states as well but on the part of the federal government, we have the GEEP programme that we encourage them to enrol in, small scale entrepreneurial programme with the Bank of Industry, Special Intervention Programme also.
“In the meantime, we continue to demand compensation for Nigerians that have been attacked in South Africa.”
In addition, Abike Dabiri-Erewa stated that President Buhari is expecting a report on the death of Deputy Director-General of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Mrs Elizabeth Chukwu, who was murdered in South Africa.
She added that 8 policemen have been arrested by the South African government for assisting locals in their attack on foreigners.
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