Millions of Nigerians abroad collectively send more money home than the country earns from foreign direct investment – yet they have no say in who governs the nation, even as their remittances help keep the country afloat, while several African countries allow their citizens abroad to vote. Oluwatobi Odeyinka writes.
52-year-old Uchenna Pricilla ordered her teenage daughter to turn off the TV or change the channel as the news flash of another schoolchildren abduction in Nigeria appeared on their screen.
Pricillia, her husband and their two children moved to Canada 10 years ago for economic reasons.
In 2015, the family sold their only house in Lagos and moved to Ontario, where they both got employment and are now residents, but the stories coming out of Nigeria have been troubling for her.
“We like to follow Nigerian news, but the daily bad news from the country is making me depressed, especially
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