President Muhammadu Buhari has praised Nigerian youths excelling at home and abroad, saying the country would welcome inputs and investments from compatriots with international exposure for the economy to thrive.
The president spoke on Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda during a town hall meeting with Nigerians in the Diaspora on the margins of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM.
Buhari congratulated Yewande Adebowale for emerging as one of the top four winners at the Commonwealth Youth competition at the Kigali Startup Festival 2022 at the Commonwealth Youth Forum.
He also commended Esther Olanrewaju and Favour Aderinto who are recipients of the Lakshmi Subramanian CMU-Africa Student Excellence Awards for Masters in Information Technology and Electrical and Computer Engineering respectively.
The Nigerian leader, who appreciated the level of professionalism displayed by Nigerians living in Rwanda, added that living peacefully and in obedience to the laws of the host nation was also paramount.
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President Buhari noted that with the establishment of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, citizens abroad could seamlessly contribute their quota to national development, especially in the areas of investments in the economy.
The Nigerian High Commissioner to Rwanda, Aishatu Musa, told President Buhari that Nigerians in the country were generally well behaved, and their population has grown from 100 to 400 in recent years.
The event, coordinated by Chairman NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, was attended by some Nigerian business owners in Rwanda as well as
Nigeria’s Minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
