The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged Nigerians travelling abroad to do so legitimately, and with proper documentation to avoid unpleasant consequences.
This was made known in a video and a statement signed by the commission’s Director, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, and posted on it’s X handle on Thursday.
The statement revealed that Dabiri-Erewa stated this when she visited some Nigerians in one of the shelters for asylum seekers in Brampton, Canada. It read, “The NIDCOM boss sympathised with their condition and urged others planning to travel without proper documentation, arrive the country to seek asylum, to desist, as the situation is getting tougher in many countries, adding that “ it is just not worth it, more often than not.”
It further read that one Pastor Vivian Eruka , who runs the Bethel food bank and works with those in the shelters , informed them that the Mayor of Brampton promised to make 800 more beds available.
“Mr Wale Rabiu , owner of Matlock bakery donated hundreds loaves of Agege bread to the shelter inmates, while Mr Bayo Adedosu, a Nigerian living in Canada, and an immigration consultant also gave some words of counseling, adding that they should not talk ill about their home country, Nigeria, to avoid future repercussions,” the statement added.