The President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has set up an inter-agency committee should there be mass deportation of Nigerians from the United States of America (USA).
The Director of Media and Corporate Affairs of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said the commission is ready to welcome deported Nigerians from the United States.
Balogun reportedly stated this during an interview with Vanguard on Tuesday evening, January 28, 2025.
About 3,690 Nigerians reportedly face deportation amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants in the US.
A document from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) noted that there were 1,445,549 non-citizens on the non-detained docket with final orders of removal as of November 24, 2024.
The NiDCOM spokesperson explained that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also saddled with the responsibility to handle such development.
“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, he noted that NiDCOM was not aware of Nigerians in the United States being processed for deportation by the Trump administration.
