The number of Nigerians that made it back to Nigeria drastically reduced following moves by the South African government to frustrate the evacuation efforts.
“I left my business, I came back with nothing. South Africans believe all Nigerians are drug pushers, but I don’t know the colour of any drug.” According to him, the flight would have returned earlier but the South African government made it difficult.Another returnee from Abia State, who gave his name as Onuoha, said a lot of Nigerians were still stranded as they could not return with their properties.“But I’m happy to be home, I’m not going back again,” he said.One of our correspondents learnt that the South African authorities went further to cancel visas that were issued to the returning Nigerians.
According to Dabiri-Erewa, the Federal Government is giving N40,000 worth of airtime to last them for two months as well as stipend of N10,000 for transport.
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