The Nigerian Federal Government has revealed that it has spent $1.2 million to evacuate at least 2,400 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday after this week's Federal Executive Council meeting held at the Council Chambers of Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, under the presidency of Muhammadu Buhari.
According to the Minister, the high cost of the evacuation was necessary to provide security cover for the eight-hour journey from Luxor to Cairo and the eleven-hour trip from Aswan to Cairo, Egypt.
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