The Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has ruled out the possibility of voting for Nigerians in Diaspora in 2019 general elections.
Dabiri-Erewa made the assertion while playing host to the Rwanda High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Stanislas Kamazi, in Abuja.
She however said that the Federal Government was making necessary efforts to ensure that Nigerians in the Diaspora exercise their voting rights.
“Nigerians abroad have the touch of the government, Nigerians in the Diaspora have remitted about 22 billion dollars annually.
“But, beyond the remittance, they also want to vote and efforts are being made to achieving that; though, not in 2019.
“It is one of what we hope that will happen in subsequent elections,” Dabiri-Erewa said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had at a…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
