The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has promised to make good, her desire to attract Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) into the country by strongly engaging Nigerians in the Diaspora.
The NIDCOM Boss stated this when she received the Anambra state delegation in her office in Abuja, led by the Anambra state Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Culture and Tourism,Dr Christian Madubuko.
Dabiri-Erewa noted that Anambra State “is blessed with a lot of tourism potentials that the Diaspora Community can tap into.”
The NIDCOM boss said the Commission had a lot of activities that would be of interest to Anambra state.
She cited the Annual Badagry Festival: Door of Return providing spiritual, cultural, social, economic and political reconnection process as some of such activities.
Dabiri-Erewa urged the delegation to open up its doors for Diaspora investment to penetrate the State.
The Chairman/CEO commended the Governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano, for being the first to appoint a Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs.
The NIDCOM chairman told the delegatetion that about 34 States out of 36 and Abuja had appointed Diaspora State Focal Point Officers as FRONTLINERS to engage with Nigerians in Diaspora from their respective states.
Earlier, Madubuko said the purpose of the visit was to strategize on how the delegatetion could work together with the Commission and improve tourism in Anambra State.
He said Anambra State had a lot of tourist attractions like the unique Waterfall, the Ogbunike Cave and lots more, which he added were very significant but needed to be developed to International standards.
He said the collaborating with NIDCOM was a sure way to maximizing investment portfolio for the State and Nigeria.
Madubuko disclosed that through NIDCOM, Anambra state had been working with her citizens in the Diaspora to help in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Gabriel Odu of the Media,Public Relations and Protocol Unit of the Commission, in a statement said that Abike Dabiri-Erewa and Madubuko agreed to work on data massaging (mapping) for accurate and reliable figures of Nigerians in the Diaspora.
He quoted his boss as having urged the Diaspora Affairs Commissioner to always interface with Nigerians abroad, to be good Ambassadors of their country.
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