Indications to this development emerged on Thursday when the Chairman/CEO of NiDCOM Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, led a delegation of the commission to the Director General of AfDB, Nigeria Country Office, Mr. Lamin Barrow, in Abuja. During the meeting Dabiri-Erewa expressed interest to have the AfDB on board in setting up a strategic investment platform for the Diaspora especially with the NDITF.
According to a statement by the Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols, NiDCOM, Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the NiDCOM boss also solicited AfDB collaboration on strategic road map development. NiDCOM thereafter invited the AfDB to its activities including the Diaspora investment summit and the Diaspora day, the Door of Return, and the Diaspora Housing Programme, while also informing AfDB Director General of the establishment of a Diaspora data mapping portal.