Nigerians who fled SA 'offered business loans, airtime and data'

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Nearly 200 people, 30 of them children, flew back to Nigeria on Wednesday on an Air Peace flight.

Some waved images of burnt shops when they disembarked.

CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Abike Dabiri-Erewa “told the returnees that apart from transport stipend to convey them to their various destinations, for ease of communication, they are to receive SIM cards with N40,000 worth of airtime and 9GB of data, valid for two months, as well as a soft loan from the Bank of Industry to support those interested in small trade and businesses,”More than 300 were initially scheduled to return on Wednesday.

reported on Thursday that some of those who arrived in Lagos sang the national anthem and punched the air.

 

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