The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Saturday said the Mission in Egypt was making arrangements for the payment of visa fees for stranded Nigerians at the border of the country.
The Federal Government had on Friday called on relevant authorities along contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for about 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, to have unfettered access to their various destinations.
Dabiri-Erewa, who made this call, said the nationals were not being allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival on Thursday evening.
However, giving updates on the stranded Nigerians at the Egypt border, Dabiri-Erewa said, “The mission has made arrangements to pay nine dollars per person and 25 dollars visa fees. Within Egypt itself, one cannot travel from one region to another without an exit permit. We are expecting a CI30 to take off within the hour. NAF is getting set to depart with food etc for Aswan.”
Meanwhile, our correspondent gathered that some state governments on Saturday evacuated their indigenes or those sponsored by them.
Our correspondent gathered that Borno, Jigawa and Kaduna came for their indigenes.
The Chairman of the Nigerian Community (Elders Forum) in Sudan, Dr Hashim Na’Allah, confirmed, saying, “Yes, Kaduna State and Jigawa State governments evacuated their students today.”