The Netherlands Institute of International Relations is
working out a scheme to make migration regular and legal with special interest
in Information and Communication Technology, ICT and Agriculture.
The General Director, Netherlands Institute of International
Relations Monika Sie Dhian Ho disclosed this during a visit to the Chairman/CEO
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission,(NIDCOM) Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Thursday in
Abuja.
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The General Director, said the initiative will encourage
young graduates from Nigeria to upscale their skills in ICT and Agriculture
while in the Netherlands and return home to impact on the country to create
jobs and reduce poverty.
Monika Sie Dhian Ho maintains that with the renewed
friendship and verve demonstrated by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission led
by Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the initiative is sure to attract the attention of
the European Union for strategic engagement.
The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission,
(NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, welcomed the Mobility Scheme for young
adults (graduates) to sharpen their skills and competences in ICT and
Agriculture.
The NIDCOM Chairman stressed on the need to make labour
migration regular and legal thereby reducing the dangers of irregular migrants
losing their lives in the desert and the Mediterranean.
Dabiri-Erewa assured the Team that Nigerians in Diaspora
Commission will be working with its organization to involve Nigerian Community
in the Netherlands to tap into the opportunity provided by the Institute.
The Netherlands delegation and the Management of NIDCOM are in good stead to ensure the Mobility Scheme strengthen bilateral ties between Nigeria and The Netherlands, open new opportunities, friendship and people to people contacts.