In a statement released on Thursday in Abuja, the head of NEMA’s press unit, Manzo Ezekiel, said that the agency had sent a variety of food products that had been authorized for the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan to care for the stranded Nigerians who are awaiting an airlift home in Port Sudan.

According to the Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, the food supplies are intended to support Nigerian people while the ongoing evacuation is reinforced.

The items consist of 100 bags of 10kg rice, 50 bags of 10kg beans, 10 cartons of seasoning, 50 cartons of spaghetti, and 5 bags of iodized salt.

The statement read in part: “The items were airlifted on Thursday to Port Sudan by Tarco Aviation that brought 123 stranded Nigerians to Abuja. The latest arrival has brought the total number of evacuated stranded Nigerians to 2,246 in 12 different flights.

“It must be emphasized that the evacuation exercise is continuing with efforts being made to engage some Nigerian airlines to strengthen airlift of Nigerian citizens that are willing and have been profiled to be transported back home as a result of the unfortunate conflict in Sudan.”

Passengers must get their visa at the Ethiopian embassy in Abuja before beginning any trip there, according to a release made on Tuesday by the embassy.

The embassy does point out that the ban does not apply to travelers who are staying overnight in Addis Ababa.

According to the release “Passengers having a layover in Addis to travel the next morning to Zanzibar, Seychelles, Lusaka, Lilongwe, Harare, Cape Town, etc are not affected by the ban and do not need a transit visa for their trips.”