“Nigerians are doing well in Japan” – Ambassador tells NIDCOM boss, Dabiri-Erewa

ABUJA, TUESDAY, JAN. 19 2022:

The Japanese Ambassador to Nigerian Amb. Matsunaga Kazuyoshi has commended the efforts of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, and stated that Nigerians in Japan are doing well and are good ambassadors of Nigeria.

Amb. Kazuyoshi stated this when he visited the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa in Abuja.

He stated that his reason for the courtesy visit was to promote grassroots exchange system between the people of Nigeria and Japan as well as to learn the structure of NiDCOM in order to look into the possibility of replicating a similar structure to cater for his country’s about 1.4 million Japanese in the Diaspora.

Amb. Kazuyoshi commended Nigerians in Japan, being one of the most populous immigrant communities doing excellently well especially in the areas of sports and business, as well as social ethics like Mr. Ikenna Nweke.

He appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts in creating Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria, which has about 27 Japanese companies doing business in the country.

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, impressed with the good report of Nigerians in Japan by the envoy, said that there is a strong union of Nigerians in Japan, stressing that the members are doing great things, while adding that many of them have contributed variously in giving back to the grassroots in Nigeria through Sports and other means of empowerment.

She agreed that the people-to-people relationship at the grassroots level will strongly foster relationship between Japan and Nigeria.

The NiDCOM boss gave her assurances that the Commission is ready to cooperate and partner with Japan in areas of staff training and development.