The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has urged Nigerians in the Diaspora to deploy their expertise, investments, networks and global experience towards advancing Nigeria’s development.
Odumegwu-Ojukwu made the call at a Town Hall Meeting with Nigerians in the Diaspora in New York on Wednesday evening, held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly and attended by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima.
The minister said the presence of the Vice President at the engagement underscored the importance the Federal Government attaches to Nigerians living abroad, their welfare, concerns and contributions to national development, a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja and signed by the Special Assistant on Communication and new media to the minister, Magnus Eze, said.
The statement said she described the Diaspora as an important pillar of Nigeria’s foreign policy, stressing that Nigerians abroad should be regarded as strategic partners rather than solely as
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