Coronavirus: Reps Reject Move To Evacuate Nigerians From China

The House of Representatives, yesterday, rejected a call for the evacuation of Nigerians from China as Coronavirus spreads from the country to other parts of the world.
The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon Benjamin Kalu, had moved a motion praying that Nigerians stranded in China over the health crisis be brought back to their home country.
The lawmakers, however, voted against consideration of the motion.
Several efforts made by the Speaker, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, to make the lawmakers listen to the content of the motion proved abortive.
However, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has denied receiving any correspondence from Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) East China, requesting that its members be evacuated from that country owing to the Coronavirus epidemic.
The NIDCOM made the denial in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Public Relations Unit, Abdur-Rahman Balogun.
in this particular situation, the commission said.