US, others have issues, return home, entrepreneur tells Nigerians

A member of the crime scene unit marks shell casings after a shooting in Clara Muhammad Square during an Eid celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 2024. - Three people were wounded April 10 in a shootout during an Eid celebration in Philadelphia, a major city on the US east coast, police said, referring to "two factions" who exchanged gunfire in a park. At this stage, the police have said nothing to suggest that the event, marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, may have been targeted. (Photo by RYAN COLLERD / AFP)

A United States (US)-based entrepreneur and cleric, Princess Adenubi Olagbegi-Apampa, has urged Nigerians living in the Diaspora not to neglect the country because of insecurity, saying other countries like the US have worse insecurity than Nigeria’s.

Olagbegi-Apampa, therefore, urged Nigerians outside the country to return home and make the most populous black nation return through their contributions and investments.

The human capital development expert said though many Nigerians lamented the situation of the country, its citizens abroad still needed to return home to make the country work again.

She emphasised that there would never be a place like home.

The Owo princess made the call while speaking at the dedication and commissioning of the multi-million naira Princess Nubi Plaza Seliat Hall, Oluyole Estate, Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

She maintained that insecurity in Nigeria should not be an excuse for Nigerians not to return home, adding that insecurity is not limited to Nigeria alone, but an issue that cuts across the world.

She said, “We have triple what is happening in Nigeria in the US. Do you even know we have more beggars in the United States than here? Anytime I’m going to my offices, I’ll see 20 or 30 on the streets; 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 corrupt nations, it’s in the US, but they don’t do it openly, the way we’re doing it openly here in Nigeria.

“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.

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