The Africans in Diaspora Union, AFRIDU says it is committed to boosting foreign direct investment into Nigeria.
The commitment was made at a media parley in Abuja, Nigeria in honour of African descendants in Diaspora homecoming and the global Africa economic investment summit taking place on the 17th to 27th October, 2024 .
The President AFRIDU, Archbishop Chidiebere Ogbu said the globe is looking out for a favorable environment for investment, and the African Descendants investors globally are been persuaded by almost all the African countries to come and invest in their country.
He noted that this is a great opportunity for a global investment summit in Nigeria.
“there will be a Global African Investment Summit to be held at the Eagle Square on the 23rd and 24th October 2024.” he said.
Archbishop Ogbu added that “it is a smart move to attract African Descendants Investors which can be a win-win situation for the continent as there is a large diaspora willing to invest on the continent and there are many African countries and African Diaspora Organizations whose primary concern is to attract or lure the African Descendants into Africa for investment or business purposes”.
The President AFRIDU also said the homecoming Event in the name of “International Gathering in Honor of the Africans in Diaspora 6th Region/ Global African Economic Investment Summit and Badagry Door of Return Festival 2024 will be jointly hosted by the African Diaspora Union (AFRIDU) and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM).
“The activities of the Events include: The Launching of the African Twelve Apostles/Liberators Book; and Giving a Posthumous Award to the Families of the African Liberators by His Excellency the President and Commander in Chief Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the official opening session at the Presidential Banquet Hall on the 21st October.” He added
He also called on Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu to grant Presidential Exclusive Rights of citizenship waiver to the African Descendants who are seeking for citizenship rights under a reparative justice and who believe their ancestry is Nigeria, especially the African Diaspora Experts, Investors, Professionals, Scientists, Entertainers, Academia, and people with diverse skills that will help improve the economy of Nigeria.
Representing the Chairman of NiDCOM, Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Secretary to the Commission, Dr. Sule Bassi said that NiDCOM was committed to ensuring the success of the event bringing in investment opportunities and welcoming home diaspora of Nigerian decent.
The ten day event will also feature the Badagry Door of Return Festival on the 26th and 27th of October where our brothers of the African Descendants and many other Nigerians will join to experience the Slavery transportation and point of exit from Badagry to the land of the unknown.
As well as a Side Event honoring some deserving African Descendants with Chieftaincy Title to promote the Nigerian culture and make the African Descendants to learn and uphold our traditions to take place in Owerri, Imo State in South East Nigeria on the 18th and 19th of October 2024.
Olusola Akintonde
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