Diaspora Nigerians remitted home about $20b last year, the Federal Government said yesterday.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the government will tap into the experience the Nigerians abroad to deepen the economy.
Those in the Diaspora will however wait for some time before they can start voting in elections.
Osinbajo, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari, spoke at the 2015 Diaspora Day held at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said: “Besides, the financial remittances from Nigerians abroad have well reached an estimate of over $20 billion in 2014.“With the potential of such huge populations abroad and attendant financial muscle, no government can actually totally ignore such persons.”
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