Dr Oluwaseun Tella is Director, The Future of Diplomacy, at the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for the Future of Knowledge.
In her opening remarks, the chairperson of Nidcom, Abike Dabiri-Erewa noted the inextricable link between peace and development. Her remarks were pertinent in light of the ongoing security quagmire in Nigeria, ranging from Boko Haram terrorism to the Niger Delta crisis, the farmer-herder conflict and kidnappings by “bandits”.
Given the current economic and security challenges confronting Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala urged Nigerians in the diaspora to do more towards the socioeconomic development of their homeland.
The invited diasporic organisations, including the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation worldwide, the Association of Nigerian American Professionals in Nigeria, the Central Association of Nigerians in the United Kingdom, the Association of Nigerian Physicians in Americas and the Nigerian and Canadian Business Network participated in a panel discussion, with each setting out their contribution to peace and development in Nigeria and the challenges they encounter.
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