{"id":175610,"date":"2025-08-22T13:45:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/igbos-abroad-remit-60b-to-nigeria-annually"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:56:17","slug":"igbos-abroad-remit-60b-to-nigeria-annually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbos-abroad-remit-60b-to-nigeria-annually","title":{"rendered":"Igbos Abroad Remit $60B to Nigeria Annually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A United States of America, USA, \u2013 based medical practitioner and the Traditional Prime Minister of Abagana in Njikoka local government area of Anambra State, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze has said that Igbo people in the diaspora remit more than $60 billion to Nigeria every year.<\/p>\n<p>Anakwenze, who is the leader of Igbo people across the globe and runs a chain of hospitals that employs over 5,000 professionals in the USA, told journalists in Awka that the amount made great positive impact in the economy of the South East region<\/p>\n<p>He added, however, that the main concern of Nigerians residing abroad is enthronement of the right leadership to make the country to take its rightful place among the comity of nations.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the people in the diaspora have been contributing significantly to the development of their communities and are prepared to do more, provided the right atmosphere is created.<\/p>\n<p>He said, for instance, that his people in the USA have raised substantial amount to renovate the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, outpost in his community to improve healthcare services in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are raising the funds from individual Abagana people and as a group. We already have over $100,000, which was raised last month. We\u2019re also going to approach our people in other parts of the world to do the same. Whatever the government can do is good, but we want to help ourselves as a community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of educated people and those in business who have a lot of money and they are prepared to support the development of their towns. All they need is to see that we are serious and the money will flow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UNTH outpost has been abandoned and we want to make it big. It\u2019s a federal government institution, but it\u2019s been abandoned.\u201dHe argued that Nigeria could do much better than it is doing at the moment, lamenting that the problem is that the people running the governments are below average and that is why they are failing the people.<\/p>\n<p>He stated: \u201cNigeria should be aiming to be a world power but we can\u2019t achieve that with the kind of people ruling her. God gave us everything and we can\u2019t manage them, which is very unfortunate. If we have people with brains, Nigeria will be a world power. At the moment, Nigeria is carrying last which is bad. We have to start producing, not sitting and consuming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s shameful that we are still importing almost everything and as long as we continue to do that, our naira will continue to be nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anakwenze described the Igbo as very important towards fast development of Nigeria and called for their proper inclusion in the affairs of country<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless Nigeria realizes the value of the Igbos, they will continue to carry last. We have the brain to match the Chinese and the Japanese in manufacturing. The things we manufacture in Aba and Onitsha and Nnewi are what can make the country grow, not sharing money and occupying government positions and giving jobs to family members who are not even qualified to hold such jobs\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A United States of America, USA, \u2013 based medical practitioner and the Traditional Prime Minister of Abagana in Njikoka local government area of Anambra State, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze has said that Igbo people in the diaspora remit more than $60 billion to Nigeria every year. 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