7000 Nigerians stranded in Libya over Irregular migration - NIDCOM

 

 

The chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that about 7,000 Nigerian immigrants are stranded in Libya.

Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this at the official launch of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), strategic plan for Nigeria, 2025-2027, in Abuja.

Dabiri-Etewa, who spoke on Tuesday night, said, “As we speak, 7000 Nigerians are stranded in Libya. At this time and age, people still travel by road.”

IOM Chief of Mission in Nigeria, Ms. Sharon Dimanche, in her welcome address, stated that the IOM strategic plan for Nigeria was developed by Nigerians and owned by Nigerians.

She said, “We all sat together, led by the minister of humanitarian, budget and economic planning, at a technical level, and went through our strategy. And why did we do that? Because for me, it was not about IOM.

“It was about you. That is why I came to this country, for us to sit and serve one another. So we reviewed our strategy, went into details, reflecting some of those priorities, and what we have here is a reflection of your own ideas, what you proposed, and led by your technical people whom we sat together.

She also used the opportunity to call on the federal government and all other stakeholders to support the full implementation of the strategic plan.

She said, “We are not just launching the strategy to leave it there, but I’m counting on each and every one of you to implement that strategy together, so that when we sit down three years, five years from now, we can hold each other accountable.