No fewer than 246 Nigerians stranded in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates due to the coronavirus pandemic have arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission via its official handle on Twitter announced the arrival of the evacuees on Wednesday afternoon.
NIDCOM reported that the returnees all tested negative for COVID-19 and would be made to undergo 14 days self-isolation as suggested by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, after which they would be re-tested for the virus.
The tweet reads: “246 Evacuees arrive Murtala Muhammed Int’l Airport, Lagos at exactly 3:30 pm local time via @emirates from UAE today, Wednesday 8th of July, 2020.
“A big thank you to the Nigerian Mission in Dubai and the UAE government for paying for the flight. Tickets and the cost of COVIDー19 test for 131 evacuees.