{"id":1589,"date":"2022-03-02T16:49:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2022\/03\/02\/breaking-nigerian-government-set-to-evaluate-citizens-trapped-in-ukraine-budgets-n3-5b\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:49:19","slug":"breaking-nigerian-government-set-to-evaluate-citizens-trapped-in-ukraine-budgets-n3-5b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/breaking-nigerian-government-set-to-evaluate-citizens-trapped-in-ukraine-budgets-n3-5b\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Nigerian Government Set To Evaluate Citizens Trapped In Ukraine, Budgets N3.5B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coastal News <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"322\" data-attachment-id=\"1587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/breaking-nigerian-government-set-to-evaluate-citizens-trapped-in-ukraine-budgets-n3-5b\/screenshot_20220302-164647_google\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-164647_google.jpg?fit=480%2C322&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,322\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20220302-164647_Google.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-164647_google.jpg?fit=480%2C322&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-164647_google.jpg?resize=480%2C322&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-164647_google.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-164647_google.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Muhammadu Buhari, President of Federal Republic of Nigeria. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sum of N3, 535,150,000 ($8.5 million) has been sanctioned by President Muhammadu Buhari for the evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, declared this on Wednesday.<br \/>Farouk, who spoke to reporters shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting, said the funds would be used to remove at least 500 foreign nationals stranded in Ukraine.<br \/>This follows widespread outcry from Nigerians over the government&#8217;s refusal to evacuate Nigerian students and citizens following Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News The sum of N3, 535,150,000 ($8.5 million) has been sanctioned by President Muhammadu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,10,13],"tags":[77,81],"class_list":["post-1589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-global","category-news","tag-breaking-nigerian-government-set-to-evaluate-citizens-trapped-in-ukraine","tag-budgets-n3-5b"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-164647_google-1.jpg?fit=480%2C322&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4399,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/breaking-former-nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-is-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":1589,"position":0},"title":"BREAKING: 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