A US-based Nigerian, Princess Joy Olagbegi-Apampa, has urged Nigerians in diaspora to return home and contribute their quota towards the development of the nation.
She said though many Nigerians lament the situation of the country, but its citizenry abroad still need to come back home and make the country work again because there’s no place like home.
Speaking in Ibadan at the dedication and commissioning of multnaira Princess Nubi Plaza Seliat Hall, Princess Olagbegi-Apampa stated that government alone can not make Nigeria great, hence the need for its citizens abroad to come home, collaborate with government to move the nation forward.
She said: “I’ve been appealing to all Nigerians abroad, staying abroad is not the best, there is no where like home, Nigerians should come back home and do something tangible.
She stated insecurity in Nigeria shouldn’t be an excuse for Nigerians not to return home, adding that insecurity is not only limited to Nigeria alone but an issue that cut across the world.
“We have triple of what is happening in Nigeria in US. Do you even know we have more beggars in the United States than here. Anytime when I’m going into my offices, I’ll see 20 or 30 on the street, they’re begging for money.
“So it’s not only here, it’s everywhere. So we just have to learn. The only thing I can tell you, even when we talk of the most corrupted nations, it’s in the U.S, but they don’t do it openly the way we’re doing it openly here in Nigeria.
“Its all over. But I think what we should do is to just encourage one another to come back home and do something. We need to know that fingers are not equal, because that’s one thing I’ve seen in Nigeria.
“We should all wait for our time, and I’ve been telling everybody, when God gives you money, if you cannot share it with your neighbor, if you cannot share it for community work, then it’s of no use.
“And I tell people, if I have to give you my track record, you can Google it, in the state of New Jersey, I’ve trained thousands of people.
“You can imagine, if I’m here, in my own father’s land, how many would I be able to train? If I’m in a foreign country, and God granted me what I was able to do, so if I’m here, I believe I will do better. So that’s one thing Nigerians need to encourage themselves.”