The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has sent assorted food items approved for the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan to cater for the stranded Nigerians that are waiting for an airlift in Port Sudan back home from war-torn Sudan.
The items consist of 100 bags of 10 kg rice, 50 bags of 10kg beans, 10 cartons of seasoning, 50 cartons of spaghetti, and five bags of iodized salt, according to a statement that was issued by the head of media at NEMA, Ezekiel Manzo.
The statement quoted the director-general of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed as saying that the items are to cushion the effects of food scarcity in Sudan. He also said they were meant to cater to the Nigerian citizens while the evacuation underway is being strengthened.
The items were airlifted on Thursday to Port Sudan by Tarco Aviation which brought 123 stranded Nigerians to Abuja.
NEMA also said the latest arrival has brought the total number of evacuated stranded Nigerians to 2,246 in 12 different flights.
“It must be emphasised that the evacuation exercise is continuing with efforts being made to engage some Nigerian airlines to strengthen airlift of Nigerian citizens that are willing and have been profiled to be transported back home as a result of the unfortunate conflict in Sudan, the statement concluded.
