The Nigeria High Commission in Canada says it is set to evacuate Nigerians stranded in that country due to coronavirus travel restrictions.

In a statement on Monday, the mission said it had received no fewer than 200 requests for evacuation.

To this end, it stated that a Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Air Peace had been specially arranged to fly the intending returnees home this Thursday.

The high commission noted that it could be the only special evacuation flight for Nigerian nationals stranded in Canada due to the coronavirus pandemic.


It said the plane would pick the prospective passengers from two locations in Canada, namely Toronto and Alberta.

According to the flight schedule, the aircraft is expected to pick the first set from the Pearson International Airport, Toronto.

From there it will fly to the Calgary International Airport, Alberta, a distance of 2,915 k.m., to load the second set of passengers.

The aircraft will depart Alberta for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where the evacuees would be moved into isolation for 14 days.


The one-way flight will cost each prospective evacuee between 1,130 dollars (N452,000) and 2,000 dollars (N800,000) depending on the class.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the special evacuation exercise began on Wednesday with the return of 265 Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates.

On Friday, 253 were brought back from the United Kingdom, followed by 160 from the United States on Sunday.

This brings to 678 the total number of Nigerians evacuated by the Federal Government so far.


https://punchng.com/fg-to-evacuate-200-nigerians-from-canada-thursday/

They're evacuating people without proper modalities in place for those already in the country. We're the problems of ourselves.

Nice.
Hope they use Air Peace this time.

It is better to die of covid 19 in Canada than to suffer of many things in Nigeria, No light, no basic amenities, boko haram herdsmen, if you're wise you better stay back ooo

Having reached Canada, what would I come back to Nigeria to do?

JunctionBox:
Having reached Canada, what would I come back to Nigeria to do?

Me sef, I dey reason their matter too.


We die there

JunctionBox:
Having reached Canada, what would I come back to Nigeria to do?

It doesn't work that way. Majority or even all of those people are visitors and temporary residents. Some of then would have already traveled to Nigeria before now if not for the covid lockdown. Some of them have visas that are already expiring and don't have a choice than to leave else they become illegal which will affect their chances tomorrow. My mum left in January before the lockdown else she likely could have been part of this 200 people for evacuation as she is not supposed to spend more than 6 months here at a time based on her visa.