Buhari advocates for strong interface between Africa, Diaspora - The Nation Newspaper

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President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for a strong interface among Africans and their diasporans around the world.

Buhari said it would be a good platform for the promotion of the global diaspora as a key resource for positively projecting Africa.

He spoke at the recently concluded 2nd edition of Global African Diaspora Symposium, Abuja, 2023, with the theme “Building Stronger Connections Between Africa and the Global Diaspora”.

Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Transport, Maiduguri Sambo, said it was necessary for Africans to connect and build a common front and also lay down strategic frameworks to address the challenges arising in the new world.

He said, “It is imperative for Africans at home and in the Diaspora to connect and build a common front and also lay down strategic frameworks to address the challenges arising in the new world.

“The best approach to connect the Diaspora for sustainable development is to harness its vast materials and resources whether in the continent or in the Diaspora.

“It is expected that the objectives of this symposium lead to outcomes that portray the entire African Diaspora, a sense of belonging with an ease of entering and movement of the Diaspora into and around Africa.”

On her part, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said it was high time Africans came together to tap into the vast opportunities of Diaspora so as to develop the continent.

Dabiri-Erewa stressed that Africa needs to engage more with her Diaspora.

“It is us coming together. We have everything that should make us great,” she said.

The Chairman, Global Organizing Committee

Global African Diaspora Symposium, Mrs Ibukun Odusote, said all Africans must work together to achieve greatness.

“Only Africans can develop Africa. This goal of developing the African continent may not be achievable without the involvement of ‘the Sixth Region of the African Union.”