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The federal ministries of foreign affairs and humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development have said that outrage by Nigerians over the amount allocated for the evacuation of its citizens trapped in Sudan is uncalled for.
In a joint statement released on Saturday morning, they said the negotiation was based on the competitive demands for the bus services by other African countries also willing to evacuate their citizens.
“The outcry over the negotiated sum of $1.2 million for the buses hired for the exercise, is uncalled for. The amount in question was negotiated in a condition of war and where there are competing demands for same bus services by other countries also trying to evacuate their citizens,” they said in the joint statement.
