Earlyface

Kano State Government had received 56
persons out of the number of those
deported into the country from Saudi
Arabia.
The Director-General of the state Hisba
Board, Alhaji Abba Sufi, told the News
Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Kano that the
deportees, who hailed from the state, were
brought to Kano from Abuja in two batches.
Sufi said that all the deportees were in good
health, adding that two among them were
from Niger Republic while one was from
Gombe State.
He said that the board had already handed
over the Niger nationals to their consulate
office in Kano, while the one from Gombe
had been handed over to the state welfare
office.
The director-general said the state
government had offered transport fare to
the 53 deportees to enable them connect
with their families.
“The state Deputy Governor was here on
Thursday where he addressed the
deportees and gave them assurance that the
state government will support them.
“All those from the state have been reunited
with their families and will be given
assistance to enable them be on their own’’,
he said.