The flight conveying the evacuees arrived late on Tuesday night at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
Their arrival was announced on Wednesday morning by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama via his official Twitter handle
He said a large number of the evacuees are nursing mothers and children.
“We received 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia yesterday. The Saudi Government transported them to Abuja. A large number are nursing mothers and children and they are all comfortably settled in hotels under the mandatory 14 days quarantine. #COVID19 #PTFCOVID19,” Onyeama tweeted.
The Federal Government as part of its efforts to evacuate Nigerians who are stranded abroad due COVID-19 pandemic evacuated no fewer than 300 Nigerians from the UK about two weeks ago.
A total of 160 Nigerians were also evacuated from the United States and 256 others from Dubai.
