Ukraine has begun moves to transfer to safety Nigerian students in
higher institutions in the two Ukrainian crisis regions of Donetsk and
Lugansk.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science has requested all
Nigerian students undergoing various courses in the regions to
urgently forward their names, passport numbers, name of their
institutions, courses, year of study and alternative universities
within Ukraine, to either the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, East and
Central European Affairs Division, Abuja or Nigerian Embassy in Kiev.
A statement by the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday
in Abuja said such required details would enable the Ukrainian
Ministry of Education and Science to transfer the students to
universities in safer Central and Western regions of the country to
continue their studies.
It said the directive became necessary following heavy fighting
between the Ukrainian Military and Separatists in Donetsk and Lugansk
regions, while the 2014/2015 academic session commenced on September
1, 2014.
"It is therefore advisable for the parents and guardians, whose wards
are studying in these two crisis regions of Ukraine, to take urgent
steps to get this information across to them wherever they may be for
appropriate action," the ministry said.
It is estimated that there are 2,000 Nigerian students studying in
various higher institutions of the two regions, out of which about
1,650 had returned either to Nigeria or had moved to safer places at
the end of 2013/2014 academic session.
The remaining 350 Nigerian students are trapped in the two troubled
regions of Ukraine.
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