Xenophobia: Nigerian Returnees to get Soft loan from BOI

Nigerians who returned from South Africa on Wednesday night, who have interest in small trade and businesses would receive a soft loan from the Bank of Industry to support them.

They left the Murtala Mohammed Airport Thursday morning with sim cards and airtime worth forty thousand naira and nine Gigabytes of valid data, for two months.

They also received a transport stipend of twenty five thousand naira to convey them to their various destinations.

Arrangements for airlift of Second Batch of Nigerians from South Africa are underway.

The government plans to put a programme of reintegration in place, subsequently.