FG ready to welcome deported Nigerians from US — NiDCOM says as 3,690 Nigerians in US face deportation
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has said that the Federal Government is ready to welcome Nigerians deported from the United States of America.
The Director of Media and Corporate Affairs of the commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, disclosed this to Vanguard on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28.
He added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in charge of such development.
Balogun further said FG had already set up an inter-agency committee to handle the matter should Nigerians be deported from the US.
He said: “The Federal Government has set up an inter-agency committee, comprising the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NiDCOM, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, should there be mass deportation of Nigerians from the US.”
However, the NiDCOM spokesperson stressed that its commission was not aware of Nigerians in America being processed for deportation.
About 3,690 Nigerians in the United States are faced with deportation as Donald Trump crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country.
A list shared by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in November 2024 showed that 3,690 Nigerians are set for deportation. It is believed that the number will go up now with Donald Trump as President.
