Nigeria to begin evacuation of citizens in Ukraine Wednesday

Nigeria will begin evacuation of its citizens in Ukraine from Wednesday 2nd March, Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives said on Monday.

The speaker made this known when he invited Godfrey Onyeama, the minister of Foreign Affairs to his office in Abuja for a meeting on the plight of Nigerians caught in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

The speaker, while informing that the first batch of the air-lifting is now scheduled to take place on Wednesday, noted that the evacuation, which was earlier planned for Monday (yesterday), was rescheduled for Wednesday to give enough room for the ministry, the House and the Nigerian foreign missions in Ukraine, Poland and Russia to complete the formalities of moving Nigerians from inside Ukraine to safe borders with neighbouring countries.