Transfer of sentenced persons agreement in line with Renewed Hope policy – FG

June 19, 2026

Bianca Ojukwu, Foreign Affairs Minister

Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement with Ethiopia to repatriate incarcerated Nigerians in line with the citizen diplomacy framework of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, explained this in a statement issued on Friday signed by Dr Magnus Eze, Special Assistant on Communication and New Media, Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

She said the important diplomatic milestone, which placed priority on the Nigerian diaspora, was in efforts to intervene in the cases of Nigerians imperiled in other parts of the world.