The millennium saw the emergence of Africans in diaspora as a force with which to be reckoned. Some serve in the highest levels of government and many
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organisation; Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank; Wally Adeyemo, US Deputy Treasury Secretary, and Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Onyeama are some who have made it to cabinet level in Nigeria and beyond.
Research shows that the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Canada have the largest numbers of Nigerians, followed by South Africa, France, Ireland, China and the Netherlands. So many flimsy excuses are given by the members of the National Assembly and Independent National Electoral Commission regarding a lack of data and costs and also who will vote and which countries will be involved. This lack of political will is like a knee on the necks of Nigerians in diaspora, who observe voting by diasporans in Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana, Kenya and others.
Also, Dr Bennet Omalu was the first person to discover and publish on chronic traumatic encephalopathy in American footballers . In the legal space, ImeIme A. Umana is the first black woman to be elected President of the Harvard Law Review in its 131 year history. For example, each country sends five members of its national parliament to the Pan African Parliament in Midland, none of whom are diasporans, yet they contribute significantly to these countries. South Sudan’s diaspora remittances are 36% of its GDP, while Nigeria’s are 8%.
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