The Presidency is set to partner the National Assembly on a new policy to
\ncater for the needs and inclusiveness of Nigerians in Diaspora.<\/p>\n
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on She said that the potentials of Nigerians in the diaspora could not be \u201cWe must have a Diapora Policy as soon as possible, Nigeria does not have \u201cWe will be working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the House and \u201cThis policy would be like a thrust\u00a0 for every other thing that we are \u201cWithout the policy we cannot do anything so that is very critical, and of She recalled that the Bill to create a Diaspora Commission was passed by She said that with the policy and the commission, it would be important to She added that the nation may be ignoring an untapped resource by not \u201cThere is no better time to have Nigerians in Diapora collaborating to get \u201cThe issue of Diaspora voting is also important but that would depend on \u201cPerhaps the economic survival of Nigeria could depend a lot on the \u201cPresident Buhari is willing that is why for the first time he has an SSA \u201cWe have committed Nigerians in the diaspora who are contributing to the \u201cBecause of its importance, 26 countries have formed ministries for the In her remarks, Sen. Oko said that the Senate was committed to passing the The lawmaker said that the Senate was already looking at all the key areas \u201cWe will work with you and also with Nigerians in the Diaspora to look at The issue of Diaspora Commission would be addressed by this Senate, we The Senator noted that it was pertinent for the nation to know the number She urged Nigerians in the Diaspora to be worthy ambassadors of Nigeria, The Presidency is set to partner the National Assembly on a new policy to cater for the needs and inclusiveness of Nigerians in Diaspora. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDiaspora and Foreign Relations gave this cheering news when she led a
\ndelegation to visit the Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora,\u00a0 Sen. Rose
\nOko in Abuja on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n
\neffectively harnessed without a Diaspora policy and a commission to carter
\nfor the\u00a0 Nigerians in the Diaspora.<\/p>\n
\nDiaspora policy, so the first thing we would be doing is crafting a
\nDiaspora policy.<\/p>\n
\nSenate Committee on Diaspora to craft this policy on Diaspora matters.<\/p>\n
\ngoing to do and work on that will start very soon, we are going to get
\nevery Nigerian in the diaspora to contribute to the policy.<\/p>\n
\ncourse the Diaspora Commission Bill is also very critical,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\nthe 7th Assembly but was not assented to and therefore urged the 8th
\nNational Assembly to revisit the bill.<\/p>\n
\nhave a database of Nigerians in the Diaspora with a view to reaping good
\nbenefits from them.<\/p>\n
\naccommodating the Nigerians in Diaspora who has remitted over $21 billion
\ndollars annually to the country.<\/p>\n
\nthe best for Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\nthe National Assembly if they decide to amend the constitution to make
\nthis possible.<\/p>\n
\nNigerians in the Diaspora, if they were able to remit $21 billion in 2014
\nthey can be able to do more.<\/p>\n
\non Diaspora, we have a committee in the Senate, we have a committee in the
\nHouse.<\/p>\n
\nWorld economy so we have no excuse not to tap into this enormous human
\nresource.<\/p>\n
\ndiaspora, we should not let other countries beat us to it because ours is
\npart of the largest population,\u201d\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\nbill establishing the Diaspora Commission adding that it had already
\nscaled first reading in the Senate.<\/p>\n
\nthat the SSA mentioned, adding that any part that required the
\nintervention of the senate would be immediately addressed.<\/p>\n
\nhow we can get Foreign Direct Investments from Nigerians in the Diaspora.<\/p>\n
\nwould also look at the Policy on diaspora and make our contributions too,\u201d
\nshe said.<\/p>\n
\nof its nationals abroad and how they were faring so as to be able to
\nintervene in the event of unjust treatment.<\/p>\n
\nstressing that Nigeria would not stick its neck out for any Nigerians who
\ndisobeys the laws of the country of residence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"