Libyan returnees agitate over non payment of stipends

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FILE PHOTO: Nigerian returnees from Libya.

Jethro Ibileke/Benin

A mild agitation ensued among members of the latest batch of illegal immigrants evacuated from Libya, otherwise known as Libya Returnees, at the Plaza Motel, in Benin, Edo State, where they are being received, over alleged non payment of stipends to them by the government.

The latest batch are among those evacuated by the Federal Government, while the earlier batches were sponsored by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in conjunction with the European Union (EU).

Following the complaints, the State Government, through the Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, called on the agitators​ to remain calm, assuring that efforts were being made to attend to their needs. continues to soar.

“The number of the returnees is increasing weekly and…



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