The Federal Government has called on
Nigerians in the Diaspora to come back home and invest, saying the $21bn
remitted by them last year would be put to better use in Nigeria.
The Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, said this on Friday in Abuja during a
press briefing on the forthcoming Diaspora Day scheduled for July 23 to
27.
He said, “Nigerians in the Diaspora
should come and invest at home. If you don’t invest at home, nothing
will bring you home. If you are looking for appointment and contract,
you have to go through a whole process. Nigerians in the Diaspora are
excelling in various fields of human endeavour and have continued to
make great contributions to national development, particularly in
education and health sectors.
“From available records, Nigerians in
the Diaspora remitted $21bn in the last one year, which is the highest
in Africa. This figure does not include unrecorded sums sent through
individuals.”
According to the SGF, it was in
recognition of the worthy contributions of Nigerians in the Diaspora to
national development that the Nigerians Diaspora Day was instituted by
the Federal Government in 2005.
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