NiDCOM Partners Swiss Embassy On Diaspora Re-integration

Steiner pledged the support of the Swiss government in priority areas of socio-cultural exchanges, staff training and Diaspora Reintegration Process.

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has perfected plans to liaise with the Swiss Embassy on diaspora re-integration with a view to harnessing the potentials of the diaspora community for national development.

This was contained in a statement signed by Gabriel Odu of NiDCOM’s Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit in Abuja on Monday, July 5, 2021.

Diaspora Reintegration, Diaspora Data Mapping and Capacity Building were some major issues mooted by the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa at the interactive Session with the Switzerland Ambassador to Nigeria Amb. Georg Steiner in Abuja.

Abike Dabiri explained that with the establishment of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and ratification of the National Diaspora Policy by the Federal Executive Council, Diaspora Nigerians now have a nucleus that would ensure a mutually beneficial relationship between them and the federal government.

She noted that since the Swiss Government has done extensive work on Migration for more than a decade in Nigeria, NIDCOM stands to benefit from the partnership, particularly in the areas of Reintegration of Returnees, Data Registration of Nigerians living in Switzerland and Capacity Building of Staff. Abike Dabiri believes that this will enhance and plummet socio-cultural and economic cravings of Nigerians in Switzerland to always think home.

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Reacting, the Switzerland Ambassador to Nigeria Amb. Georg Steiner, lauded the giant strides of NIDCOM within its two years of existence and added that the commission is the motivator and face of the Diaspora. He described Nigerians in the Diaspora as great and excellent achievers and professionals that have broken through unpleasant narratives and stereotypes.

Steiner pledged the support of the Swiss government in priority areas of socio-cultural exchanges, staff training and Diaspora Reintegration Process.

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