The returnees, who were evacuated by NEMA on behalf of the federal government, arrived on an Ethiopian Airlines chartered flight.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Friday, received 191 stranded Nigerians from India.
The returnees, who were evacuated by NEMA on behalf of the federal government, arrived in an Ethiopian Airlines chartered flight, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 4:40 p.m.
They were received by a team led by NEMA and other relevant agencies, after being profiled and screened.
The returnees were then given a token of one hundred dollars each, to aid their transportation back to their respective destinations.
Addressing the returnees, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, welcomed them on behalf of the federal government.
The minister, who was represented by Suleiman Abubakar, a deputy director at the ministry, admonished them to be law-abiding.
She said the token provided to them by the government was meant to support their movement home.
Also, the Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed, advised the returnees to learn from their experiences and be law-abiding citizens.
