Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Diaspora Nigerians remitted $35b home in 2016, highest in Africa, 3rd highest in the world


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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that Nigerians living abroad remitted over $35 billion back to the country in 2016.

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She stated this during her visit to the executive members of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). Dabiri-Erewa said, “In 2016 they remitted $35 billion which is higher than what was remitted in 2015. .

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This remittance by Nigerians living abroad is the highest in Africa and the third largest in the world.”

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