Nigerian Government has appointed Med-View Airline, through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to participate in the evacuation of 5,037 Nigerians from Libya.
The airline’s executive director, Business Development and Commercial, Isiaq Na’Allah, and Ibrahim Farinloye, the spokesman of NEMA, South-West Zone, confirmed the development in Lagos on Saturday.
The agreement was signed Friday on behalf of the airline by Mr. Na’ Allah, while the Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Maihaja and Fatima Bukar, a senior legal officer of NEMA, signed on behalf of the agency.
Mr. Na’Allah said in a statement that Med-View Airline would participate in the transportation of the returnees with another carrier to be appointed by the government.
“This kind of responsibility is meant for Nigerian carriers, because it is our responsibility, and we have the capacity to carry out this operation.
“We have demonstrated the capacity that we can do it and we are honoured to have been appointed by the Federal Government through NEMA”, he said.
According to him, Med-View Airline has been in operations for the past 10 years and has successfully carried out Hajj operations within and outside the country.
“I think that was a factor the government considered before we were assigned this national project”, he added.
“We will deliver professionally up to international standard and the government is not making any mistake for entrusting Nigerian carrier to this kind of project.”
A total of 6,806 Nigerians were evacuated from Libya in 2017 through the efforts of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU).
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