"APC IS ON THE RIGHT PATH BY CARRYING ITS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO NIGERIANS IN DIASPORA"

No serious minded presidential candidate in Nigeria with sound vision and genuine foresight will ever take those Nigerians living in Europe and North America for a cheap ride without directly involving them in the presidential campaigns that are going on in Nigeria. The Nigerians in diaspora are so important for the future of that country in all reality. These Nigerians are the second largest source of the foreign currency earning for Nigeria after the oil and are the richest intellectual powerhouse for that country in every area of human endeavor.

According to the World Bank report in 2014:"Next to petrodollars, the second biggest source of foreign exchange earnings for Nigeria is remittance from Nigerians from abroad. Between 2011 to June 2014, Nigerians in the Diaspora had remitted about $63.17 billion (N10.35 trillion) into the country. Analysis of remittances showed that S11billion (N1.8 trillion) was remitted in 2011; $21 billion (N3.44 trillion) in 2012, $20.77 billion (N3.40 trillion) in 2013 and $10.40 billion (N1.7 trillion) in the first half of 2014".

According to the International Organization for Migration, about one-third of African professionals have left the continent, which constitute as over 10 million African mini-Diasporas as of the year 2000. The loss of Africa’s intellectual capital, called the “Brain-Drain”, has been one of the greatest obstacles to the development of the continent. Of the four major countries contributing most to the brain-drain; Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa, this research focuses on Nigeria, my ancestral nation. As the most populated country in Africa, Nigeria represents a large percentage of the African Diaspora, especially in the United States.

One study estimates that there are more than 21,000 Nigerian Medical Doctors practicing in the United States alone in the 21st century. Meanwhile Nigeria domestically falls short of the minimum World Health Organization standard of 20 Physicians per 100,000 people. Put urgently, Nigeria is losing human resources necessary for its socio-economic growth.