Mr Geoffrey Onyeama
The Federal government says it has sent communication to all Nigerian Embassies and Missions to ascertain if and how many Nigerians would like to return home because of COVID-19.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 on Friday.
“As soon as we collate the numbers, we will start looking at evacuation modalities where necessary,” he said.
Onyeama said that the Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nation in Vienna had been able to secure from International Atomic Energy Agency a donation of 80,000 Euros worth of medical equipment and supplies to assist in the COVID19 response in the country .
