Chairman and CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called on the Federal Government to create a conducive environment to check the propensity of Nigerians emigrating to foreign countries in what has come to be known as “japa syndrome.”
Dabiri-Erewa who made the call on Monday from Paris, France, when she appeared on a Channels Television’s programme, ‘Empowering Tomorrow: A New Vision for Nigeria,’ to celebrate Nigeria’s 63rd independence anniversary, said in light of the increasing emigration rate of Nigerians, the government must do its part in providing a favourable environment for its citizens.
Dabiri-Erewa said though it was impossible to completely halt the mass exodus of Nigerians popularly referred to as Japa, she noted that with a conducive and favourable environment, the urge by Nigerians to leave the country would be curtailed.
