GOVERNOR UZODIMMA MARKS HIS 67TH BIRTHDAY WITH A THANKSGIVING SERVICE. (PHOTOS).

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 Governor Uzodimma Marks His 67th Birthday With a Thanksgiving Service His excellency Governor Hope Uzodimma has marked his 67th birthday celebration with a thanksgiving service at the Government House Chapel, Owerri, where he appreciated God for his grace upon himself and his family. The service had in attendance, top government officials, security chiefs, traditional rulers, religious leaders from different denominations, politicians, youths, women groups, friends, family members and numerous well-wishers. In his remarks after the service, Governor Uzodimma called on Imo residents in particular and Nigerians in general to intensify their prayers for the peace, progress and security of Imo State and the country. The governor acknowledged the grace and goodness of God upon himself as a person, while his little twin daughters who share the same birthday date with him, and his entire family, used the occasion to invite the audience to join him in service to the state under his watch ...

OVER 100 STRANDED NIGERIANS RETURN FROM NIGER REPUBLIC. (PHOTOS).




 Over 100 Stranded Nigerians Return From Niger Republic 


Federal Government has facilitated the reception of 108 Nigerian migrants who were stranded in Niger Republic. 


In a statement by the 

Southwest Zonal Coordinator 

National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Mr. Alexander Oturu says their humanitarian return was facilitated by the Nigerian mission in Niamey and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 


The reception exercise took place at the Cargo terminal of the Murtala Mohamed International Airport, in Lagos Nigeria. 


Representing the Federal Commissioner of the National Commission For Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Mr. Aliyu Tijani Ahmed,  the Southwest Zonal Coordinator, Mr. Alexander Oturu, stated that in line with Mr. President's Renewed Hope Agenda, the returnees would be integrated into various government programmes, as well as the reintegration programmes of the UN Migration Agency, IOM. 


The migrants were  conveyed to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, camp where the NCFRMI and IOM have a tripartite agreement to provide temporary shelter for the returnees before they are provided with onward transportation allowance to enable them get to their final destination. 


According to Mr. Oturu, there were 32 males, 29 females, 44 children and 3 infants on board the IOM chartered flight from Niger. 


Officers from the NCFRMI and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) profiled the migrants and officers from Port Health, FAAN, Federal Ministry of Labour (Migrants Resource Centre), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Child Protection Network and Web of Hearts Foundation were also in attendance to provide assistance.

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