A devastation caused by the hurricane Maria
Hmmmm........Several Nigerian medical students have been stranded in the Dominican Republic after hurricane Maria devastated the country.
It has been revealed that over 150 Nigerian medical students are
stranded in the Dominican Republic after the devastating effect of
hurricane Maria.
According to The Sun News, the students, studying at the All Saints
University Medical College, have been left in the cold with no official
assistance forthcoming since the hurricane struck on Monday. Many of
them are said to have lost virtually all their belongings.
Link opened for communication by the government of Dominica allows only text messages for foreigners, especially students.
The medical campus, whose main institution is in Canada is said to
have opened channels for the American and Canadian government to
evacuate their citizens.
It was further learnt that the same measure is being taken by other
countries like Jamaica, Britain, France, Germany and China, pending
when the institution would be rehabilitated.
Reports classified the extent of the destruction as category five scale.
The Hurricane Maria slammed into the lsland of Dominica in the
early hours of Monday and removed over 82 percent of the roofs of
buildings, including that of the official residence of the Prime
Minister.
Saturday Sun, however, gathered that arrangements were being made
by the institution to relocate the Nigerian students to a neighbouring
country , Saint Vincent.
As of now, the relief materials being shipped into the beleaguered
nation are specifically for the citizens, leaving foreign students to
their fate.
A source said: “ there is no food, no good water, no shelter
and no communications, adding that many of the students lost their
traveling passports to the hurricane”
All efforts to reach Mrs Abike Dabiri, the Senior Special Assistant
on the Diaspora matters, failed as she did not pick her phone.
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