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Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says universities in the country have made offers to admit Nigerian students returning from Sudan.
Dabiri-Erewa spoke on Thursday on Sunrise Daily, a Channels TV programme.
Although she said the safe return of the stranded students was the priority at the moment, she assured that the continuance of their education would not be a problem.
The NiDCOM chair said the federal government had ensured students who were evacuated from Ukraine continued their studies and would replicate the process with those returning from Sudan.
“We did it with Ukraine, when they came back, there were plans to continue education for them,” Dabiri-Erewa said.
“Although the medical students among them had issues because they found out that the level of their medical school was not even as high as that of Nigeria so it was difficult to place them where they wanted. But, yes, the ministry of foreign affairs actually created a division for that and ensured that those who wanted to continue their education did. A lot of them wanted to go back.
