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Ukraine: FG postpones evacuation flight from Poland to Nigeria

by Alice Babalola
Saudia-Airlines

The Federal Government has announced that an Air Peace charter flight scheduled to evacuate Nigerians fleeing Ukraine from Poland on Thursday has been postponed.

The flight was postponed due to a delay in preparing passengers for the check-in process but has now been scheduled for Friday morning.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Bolaji Akinremi, made this known on Thursday.

About 2,000 Nigerians have fled Ukraine, amid a Russian invasion, to neigbouring countries, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.

The Federal Government on Wednesday said it has approved $8.5m for the evacuation of citizens.

According to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, 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.

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