Hurricane Maria: Buhari Orders Immediate Evacuation Of Nigerian Students In Dominican Island

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate evacuation of Nigerian students stranded in Dominican Island occasioned by the reported Hurricane Maria that thrashed the Island. Nigerian students attend medical schools in Dominican Islands which prepare them to move to the US and Europe for the completion of their medical degree programmes.

Following the president’s directive, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had since been on top of the situation. It was gathered that the ministry, which has been monitoring the situation, had already assigned a senior official to travel for the purpose of issuing the stranded students with temporary travel certificates. The affected students had since been evacuated to safety.

When contacted for comment on the issue, Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed the Presidential order, saying that the president was touched with the conditions of the students. “The President was deeply touched when he learnt that some of them escaped with nothing but the shirts on their backs,” he said. According to him, the students will be moved to Brazil, where they don’t need visas, for onward evacuation to Nigeria.

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