Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP),
says if elected president, he would turn Nigeria’s brain drain
to gain.

Obi is currently in abroad interacting with Nigerians in
diaspora ahead of the 2023 general elections.

“Brain drain” is a situation in which large numbers of
educated and very skilled people leave their own country to
live and work in another one where pay and conditions are
better.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the former Anambra
governor said the country is yet to fully harness the huge
benefits of its citizens living abroad.

He said beyond their vital roles of sending foreign remittances back home, the diaspora were increasingly critical in advancing technology and skill transfer, strengthening democracy, opening up global supply chains, trade and foreign direct investment, education and research, as well as healthcare delivery.

“As we explore ways and means of tapping in on technology
transfer from the diaspora, we will also explore ways of
reversing the enormous brain drain that has been debilitating for our country,” he tweeted.

“Like India, Nigeria, should be able to tap her huge diaspora
human resource to ensure technology transfer home. We will trigger every known technological and knowledge transfer initiators. Nigeria’s brain drain will be turned into brain gain.”

According to him, it will take only one “visionary leadership
and disruptive thinker” for Nigeria to be put back on the right trajectory.

He said with a robust diaspora support, his administration
would accomplish this feat, if elected.

“First, with $20 billion in remittances in 2021, Nigeria ranks
6th behind the top five recipient countries. Expert assessments are indicative that given the huge Nigerians in diaspora population, the country has the potentials of receiving from the diaspora, annual remittances of about $60b, which translates to about 14% of our total GDP,” he added.

“I see diaspora remittances as the new normal and becoming Nigeria’s Official Development Assistance (ODA). In 2021 Nigeria’s foreign direct investment (FDI) was a paltry $4.8 billion compared to diaspora remittances.”

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I so much believe that the Peter Obi government will bring smile and prosperity to all Nigerians

I so much believe in this man

I believe in you sir

Peter Obi is doing Nigerians a big favour by contesting. We're all indebted to Peter Obi.

I just hope we verify his statistics and find any lies he won't turn around to blame Tinubu or abuse anybody

We have data of all foreign direct investment and know what Anambra State made since he governerned till date, even his 8years data is available .. we also have data of Lagos , Ogun, Oyo, Delta, Kano, Kaduna and Rivers State


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Moh247:




I just hope we verify his statistics and find any lies he won't turn around to blame Tinubu or abuse anybody



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Your shaky shaky pampers wearing daddy promised to send us all to Nigeria Army and feed us with Agbado and cassava. God forbid BAT thing!

Zonefree:
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$20 billion in remittances? That's a lot!

It's beginning to make sense why there will continue to be tens of thousands of empty houses people don't occupy in Nigeria. Those people are more interested in building houses they don't live in than investing in Nigeria.

So, Obi should do more in helping the diaspora community invest this money so they can create jobs in the country even without coming back home. (I saw a video where he told them how to do that).

Peter Obi will make an awesome president!

Promise to be ObiDient and Yusfu...
2023YouthsDecide.

all we hear from politicians is always will will....

although they are already in goverment,they wait till they are president to do something....
as if you have to become president to do something....

a president is even more limited sef....

Zonefree:
Peter Obi is doing Nigerians a big favour by contesting. We're all indebted to Peter Obi.

are you mad....??
am not indebted to any human being....

swerve joor....

Peter Obi is an IPOB Project

He keeps making promises without telling us the HOW

tsdarkside:


are you mad....??
am not indebted to any human being....

swerve joor....

Self denial is the first step of mental imbalance.

Do not wait for a Politician to come and create employment. Light the entrepreneurial flame so that we can make every
village self-reliant and every district economically prosperous

Zonefree:

Self denial is the first step of mental imbalance.

speak for your own self....

stop been silly....
you think i would kiss tinubus feet....??

be reasonable....

NIGERIA deserves better. APC is a reinforcement of failure.

This peter obi is one pretentious motherfvcker that’s why i can’t support him. i visited Anambra when he was the governor and the idiot couldn’t even transform Anambra and he wants to rule naija. Obi is a clown