March 02, (THEWILL) – Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has assured that the 73 indigenes of the state and one other from Taraba State stranded in Ukraine due to the ongoing war, have successfully entered Budapest, Hungary.
A breakdown of the number of students being evacuated by the Sokoto State government shows that 49 are those sponsored by it, out of which 47 are medical students, while the remaining two are studying automobile engineering and computer science respectively.
The other 24 are indigenes of the State that are self-sponsored, while the remaining one is a female student, who hails from Taraba State and was included among the Sokoto students.
A statement signed by the edit adviser to Governor Tambuwal, Muhammad Bello, said all the students were studying in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkhiv and Dnipro cities before the outbreak of the war.
The statement quoted Tambuwal as telling journalists in Sokoto on Tuesday that, “Today, not too long ago, I spoke with them via Zoom. From what they told me, they are in good shape. They are in Budapest, Hungary.”
“We are in touch with the Federal Government, especially the Nigerian embassy there and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to see that in the shortest time possible they are returned home without any hitch, by the grace of God.”
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