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Nigeria Raked in About $100b Diaspora Remittance in 5 Years – Dabiri-Erewa
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman and chief government officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Fee mentioned the nation has raked in about $100 billion from diaspora remittances within the final 5 years.
That is as she additionally revealed that the efforts in direction of the modification of the structure to permit for diaspora voting have commenced with the introduction of a invoice to that impact.
Dabiri-Erewa, who spoke on the opening of the 2024 Nationwide Diaspora Day Celebrations, mentioned the contribution of the Diaspora group to nationwide growth can’t be over-emphasized.
She mentioned: “Let me additionally state that the contributions of the Diaspora group to nationwide growth can’t be over-emphasized.
“In response to the World Financial institution statistics lately, the Nigerian Diaspora has remitted over 99 billion US {dollars} into the system within the final 5 years. That is large and extremely commendable.
In a chat with our correspondent, Dabiri-Erewa confused that the Diaspora is one space that should pay extra consideration to.
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She mentioned: “So, this can be a sector that we have to pay extra consideration we haven’t paid consideration to it we have to do much more. So, we’ve got to faucet into the big assets we’ve got with the diaspora.
“We’re nonetheless scratching the floor. And that’s what I’ll say.”
On the much-expected diaspora voting Invoice, she mentioned the Invoice which is been sponsored by the Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abbas has already scaled the primary studying.
She mentioned it’s a large plus for the administration.
She mentioned: “It’s worthy of notice that the long-awaited Diaspora Voting, which has been a constant matter of dialogue among the many Diaspora group, has now handed the primary studying within the Parliament, which is a big plus for this administration.
“The Invoice was sponsored by no different individuals than Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the Home of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Hon. Sadiq Ango Abdulahi from Kano state.”
She disclosed that no fewer than 1,000 individuals are anticipated on the 2-day 2024 diaspora day celebrations.
SOURCE: The Nation
