A new diaspora group, Forum of Global Nigerian Professionals (FGNP), has emerged to coordinate and boost developments in the country.
In a statement by the group, the forum said the formation of the think-tank was driven by the hunger for a new national development order targeting abroad based Nigerian professionals and leaders to support national growth in critical sectors of the economy.
The forum said it is made up of highly accomplished men and women drawn from Europe, North and South America, Asia and the African continents, noting that “Nigeria at this time, needs its exceptionally good and talented ‘world beaters’ to help scale our developmental programmes internally and externally.
“This is a great opportunity to help reshape our African and global story and build our current programmes as a nation”. Indeed, the group with strong presence in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Germany, France, Nigeria, China and South Africa among others, easily tells the story of Nigeria’s loaded capacity.
“In these countries among others, Nigerians are known to be at the heart of the economies, helping to make them the most advanced in the world.
“These strides, FGNP says “it wants to fully harness finally,for the benefit of Nigerians anywhere in the world”.
According to the statement, data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria’s diaspora remittances in the first quarter of 2022, rose by 20.3 per cent on a year-on-year basis to $ 5.6bn from $4.29bn in the corresponding period of the first quarter of 2021. It noted that the remittance inflows were projected to grow by 7.1 per cent by the end of 2022.
“The current population of Nigeria is 219,011,841 as at Tuesday, January 10, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data,” it stated.
FGNP averred that one of their push-factors is the fact that Nigeria remains “the destination point for global investors who value investible environments with one of the best sources of cheap labour and good return on investments.”
