AKINTOYE AKINDELE SPEAKS ON DIASPORA REMITTANCES

Have you met this gentleman before? He is dandy, almost playful but deeply engaging. I have had a series of engagements with him and found him to be too robust and passionate in his approach to the Nigerian question.

Anybody wey still believe in this country, I stand with him. So, when I saw the presentation he made on Diaspora remittances recently to an American audience, I quickly invited him to come speak to us on thealvinreport.com

My people let me show you some facts he spewed in that report so you see why if the man ask for my pikin in marriage I will say, ‘Annette, please forget the over 70-year age difference; give this a try.’

In his presentation, ‘Value before remittance,’ he said that 17m Nigerians live in the diaspora with 54% of them holding down managerial positions, 61% in the US hold a first degree, remittance per diaspora capita is $988 higher than the average African per capita of $535 and over 90,000 students abroad with us coming in as the 5th in overall global foreign study. This presentation and the implication of its content on our immediate economic development was not lost on me and should not be lost on any right-thinking Nigerian.

This is why I have given Dr. Akintoye the platform to speak to us on the prestigious The Alvin Report Platform that has the largest conglomeration of PhD holders in Africa as contributors. Mbok call me if you want to be part of this session. It’s on zoom and holding today.