Nigerians Revalidates NiDCOM Policy To Protect Nigerians in Diaspora
Oru Leonard
Nigerians have re-validated the draft National diaspora policy as part of measures to enhance the well being of Nigerians in diaspora.
The Executive Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon.Abike Dabiri Erewa who presented the validated draft at a stakeholders meeting organised by the EU IOM at Abuja on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, said that the policy will enable Nigerians in diaspora to maximize their potential and contribute more to the country’s economy.
Presenting the validated draft, Mrs. Abike Erewa said the goal of the policy is to have a means of constructive engagement with Nigerians in diaspora for sustainable national development.
“its not about oil, what the diasporas send to Nigeria every year is more than what we get from oil. So our biggest asset is our human export. Now we are not talking about brain drain, brain gain,now we are talking about brain circulation. So it s about circulating this brain, this noble talent that we have abroad for the good and development of our great nation, Nigeria.
“We are as a people very blessed of God. Brilliant, energetic, resourceful but beyond all, most importantly we standout with the energy we see as Nigerian. So it is about working with Nigerians abroad and Nigerians at home to build the country of our dreams, we are taking the first important step and by the grace of God when we gather again we will be talking about success story of the implementation of the short term, medium term and long term policy.”
The Executive Chairman commended the EU and IOM for their role in drafting the policy, stressed the need to implement and
called on stakeholders to support NiDCOM achieve human capital development, noting that “It is good to have policies and adopt them but without implementation, we are back to square one”.
The mission of the policy is to empower Nigerians in diaspora as a change agents for the development of Nigeria through promoting a framework for them to maximize their potentials in capital.
