The Nigerian government has waded into the deportation orders issued to some Nigerian students of Teeside University in the United Kingdom.
The students were asked to leave the country after they struggled to pay tuition fees, prompting the school to notify the Home Office.
A delegation led by a representative of the Nigerian Embassy in the UK, Ambassador Christian Okeke, along with leaders of the Nigerian Students Union in the UK, will meet with the university’s management to seek a resolution.
This decision follows a virtual meeting chaired by the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and attended by Okeke, the President of the Nigerian Students Union UK, Yemi Soile, and several affected students on Sunday.
The NiDCOM spokesperson, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, confirmed the planned intervention in a statement on Wednesday.
According to Balogun, during the meeting, the students described their experiences and expressed hope for a favourable outcome.
Japajantis had reported that the Nigerian students at Teesside University staged a protest on May 22, 2024.
