FG and diaspora Nigerians to address growing tension at the missions

In a move that is aimed at addressing the growing tension between Nigerians and Nigerian embassies and missions, the Federal Government has planner to a dialogue with the Nigerian communities in the Diaspora.

The meetings will also addresss the challenges faced by the Diaspora Nigerians

This was revealed by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in Abuja after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking to the State House correspondent, Dabiri-Erewa, said she used the visit to brief Buhari on the work of the commission so far since the confirmation of her appointment as NIDCOM CEO by the Senate in May.

Buhari had named Dabiri-Erewa as the head of the commission in November, 2018.

On the stakeholders’ meeting, she said it had become necessary following the action of a 32-year-old Nigerian, Jeffrey  Ewohime, who destroyed Nigerian High Commission vehicles in London last week.