Libya Returnees shock FG: Some returnees have gone back to Libya

In what appears an indictment of the federal government, a cross section of Libyan returnees from Edo state has said more Nigerians would continue to flee to Libya in spite of the sufferings and torture associated with such trips except governments at all levels become more responsive to the yearnings of the youth.

Accusing the government of being the major stimulator of such dangerous journeys, the returnees said if elected public officials fulfilled even half of their electioneering campaign promises, the number of irregular migrants from Nigeria would reduce drastically.

They consequently advised international humanitarian agencies, particularly the United Nations Migration Agency, the International Organization for Migration IOM as well as the European Union EU against routing their projects through the Nigerian Government, lamenting that such lofty gestures hardly ever get to the intended beneficiaries.

Vanguard, March 10, 2018

 

 

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