The Executive Director of Africa Youth Growth Foundation, AYGF, Dr. Arome Salifu has called for partnership with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) in terms of shared vision, ro harness he potentials of Labour Migrants for National Development.
Salifu said this when the delegation paid a visit to the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa in her office in Abuja.
He said there was need for constructive engagement of Labour Migrants to facilitate management of their resources and leveraging opportunities for contributing to National Development.
According to him, “the AYGF seeks robust partnership with NiDCOM in 3 key areas, to implement a more constructive way of managing Migration to ensure Migrants become assets in their destination countries. This will make it seamless for them to give back and become assets to their home countries. Other areas for the partnership include: Expansion of AYGF presence to the West to extend institutional support for Nigerians in Diaspora especially in terms of Human Right advocacy and safety. the 3rd is in terms of Public Private Partnership for resource mobilization and development.”
Responding, the Chairman NIDCOM, Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa represented by the Secretary to the Commission, Sule Yakubu Bassi welcomed the development as a proactive initiative that the Commission would key into.
Mr. Bassi however described Labour Migration as a multi-sectoral issue domiciled with the Ministry of Labour.
He assured them that the matter would be approached in line with multi-agency cooperation and Labour Migration Policy.
AYGF is a non-governmental organisation dealing with 6 key thematic areas which include among others, Migration for the sole purpose of contributing to positive change in the economic and social status of Africans.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
