NIDCOM reiterates commitment to protection of Nigerians’ interests abroad

By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

The management of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has reiterated that it will continue to ensure the protection of the interests of hardworking and committed Nigerians abroad willing to invest at home.
The Commission, under the chairmanship of Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, maintained that it will not bow to any form of threat, blackmail and intimidation from any quarter or quarters.
The NIDCOM made these declarations on Sunday in a statement by its Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols, Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Balogun in Abuja.
The Commission said these in response to a complaint about the claimed defamatory publication made against an organization (Optiva Capital Partners Limited) allegedly by NIDCOM.
“Our responsibility at NIDCOM, is to ensure we protect the interests of hardworking and committed Nigerians abroad , willing to invest at home and will not bow to any form of threat, blackmail and intimidation”, it said.
According to the statement, “The attention of the management of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has been drawn to another publication sponsored in the Media by the Optiva Capital Partners Limited through the law firm of Babalakin & Co, asking for an apology and retraction of the press statement issued on Wednesday January 23, 2024.
“The Management views this latest Media and legal threat as an attempt to be clever by half, when the same Optiva Capital Partners Limited through its Managing Director/CEO, Dr Jane Kimemia wrote the Chairman/CEO of NIDCOM, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa (OON) on January 24, 2024 admitting that they had not properly followed laid down procedure in their earlier rushed announcement while also sending emissaries to NIDCOM seeking for partnership and understanding of its proposed Diaspora Investor Direct Investment (DIDI) product which it admitted , is still in the planning stage”, it said.