The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerian Students currently stranded in the Southern Caribbean nation hit by volcanic explosions that the National Assembly will intervene to ensure that they were safely brought back home.
About 230 Nigerian medical students are currently stranded in the Island.
Lawan spoke to the Consul General of the Island Nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Levi Odoe who paid him a visit and also requested the National Assembly to intervene in matter.
“They (stranded Nigerian students) have been calling me requesting to see what can be done and I thought to myself, that the best thing to do will be to request an audience with His Excellency, the Senate President”, Dr. Odoe said.
“So we are here to request any assistance at all that can be given to the Island and to Nigerians that are stranded there,” he added.
The Senate President commiserated with Dr. Odoe on the eruption that took place in the Island.
He said; “Let me commiserate with you on the volcanic eruptions that took place in the Island.”
Lawan noted that St. Vincent and the Grenadines has always maintained a good relationship with Nigeria.
“We have many bilateral and multilateral interactions and we appreciate your cooperation, support and partnership over time with our country,’‘ the Senate President stated.
He however assured him of Nigerian’s support to his country and the medical students.
“It is also the attitude of our country to come in support of countries and our friends. So when we have issues like this that require empathy and support of our country, we will look into it definitely with a view to finding some kind of support for the Island,” Lawan said.
“When we sit here at the National Assembly, we represent every Nigerian wherever that Nigerian is. Therefore, it is our responsibility and obligation to take all the necessary measures to ensure that the Nigerian students who are trapped are brought back safely to Nigeria until the situation is remedied,’‘ Lawan added.