Reps ask President Tinubu to constitute NIDCOM board

By Christiana Ekpa

The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the President Bola Tinubu to give effect to the provisions of Section 2 (1) of the NIDCOM Establishment Act, 2017 by constituting the Board of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM).
The House also urged the President to inaugurate the Board after their confirmation and charge it to immediately address the numerous challenges facing Nigerians in the Diaspora.
It mandated the Committee on in Diaspora to ensure compliance
These resolutions followed the adoption of a motion titled, “Call to Constitute Board of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM)” sponsored by Hon. Tochukwu Chinedu Okere during plenary.
The House noted that Section 2(1) of the Nigerians in Diaspora Establishment Act, 2017 states that there shall be a Governing Board for the Commission, which will be responsible for its general administration
It also noted the genuine intent of President Muhammadu Buhari in signing the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission Act, 2017, in response to complaints Nigerians suffer in their host countries, resulting in a huge embarrassment to the image of Nigeria and its rating before the community of nations.
The House further noted that the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission provides for the engagement of Nigerians in the Diaspora in the policies, projects, and participation in the development of Nigeria and the purpose of utilizing human capital and material resources of Nigerians in the Diaspora towards the overall socio-economic, cultural, and political development of Nigeria.
The House said it was aware that Nigeria has a huge, well-educated, and hardworking diaspora population across all the continents of the world and constitutes a significant percentage of active economic capital for our national growth and development.