The returnees touched down onboard a Nigeria Air Force plane and Air peace Aircraft at about 11.35pm on Wednesday.

While recieving the evacuees at the Airport, the Director migration, National Commission for Refugees, Migrant and Internally Displaced Displaced Persons, Mrs. Catherine Udida said 94 evacuees were flown in by the Nigeria Air Force Aircraft C-130, while Air peace had evacuated 282 people.

The Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa said it was a huge relief to receive the returnees, bearing in mind what they went through in Sudan.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the Director General of NEMA Mustapha Habib, security officials as well as some family members were at the General Aviation Terminal of the airport to receive the returnees.

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Rashid Bawa spoke on the allegation when he visited Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM in Abuja.

Rashid Bawa pointed out that while the COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test is mandatory, Ghana will not maliciously produce COVID-19 positive test results for visitors, especially Nigerians visiting Ghana.

The Ghanaian envoy also expressed concern about the increasing number of underaged Nigerian girls being trafficked to Ghana, stressing that everything should be done to prosecute the syndicate behind such a dastardly act.

The High Commissioner acknowledged that both countries in recent times have experienced some challenges, despite the long bilateral relationship between them.

One of such is the growing tension concerning Nigerian Traders in Ghana, which according to the Ghanaian High Commissioner, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been reached between the Ministers of Trade in Ghana and Nigeria. Also, a Joint Task Force was set up to further monitor the situation.

Furthermore, Mr Bawa stated that both countries will stop at nothing to fish out perpetrators of cybercrimes and syndicates trafficking Nigerian female minors from Nigeria to Ghana, for prostitution.

He commended the work of Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa for her due diligence in projecting Nigerian Diasporas as an important factor towards development in Nigeria and hopes that a similar Commission will be replicated in his home country.

Receiving the Ambassador, the NiDCOM Chairman agreed with His Excellency that though the COVID-19 Test is a necessary prerequisite for visitors coming to Ghana, the Ghanaian authorities, on the other hand, must ensure that visitors are treated with dignity, fairly and humanely.

On cybercrimes and trafficking, the NiDCOM CEO said that sister agencies such as the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will partner with the Ghanaian Authorities to rid off the few fraudulent Nigerians who are giving Nigerians in Ghana a bad name and causing
problems in the host country., while acknowledging the numerous Nigerians in Ghana going about their duties with diligence.

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