The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA ), on Wednesday, got 159 Nigerians stranded from Libya. They landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.

NEMA Director-General, Habib Mustapha, represented by the Acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, Ibrahim Farinloye spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The Nigerians came to the Cargo Wing of the MMIA at about 7.10 p.m. with Al Buraq Airline with registration number 5A-DMG.

They returned with the assistance of International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through a voluntary repatriation programme for the distressed.

The returnees are 67 male grownups, 80 female adults, six male and 4 female children, with two babies (one male and one woman).

“It is typical in life to struggle for better and improved livelihoods but in the battle, we should avoid threatening our lives.

There is nowhere in the world that its residents will not have to make every effort in achieving good life within the limited resources offered because country.

“Nigeria is well endowed even more than many nations that young Nigerians are taking a trip to in seeking greener pastures that are no longer there,” he stated.

The NEMA chief urged residents to look inward and benefit from the many opportunities in the country.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Refugee Commission, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Police also received the returnees.