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No Nigerian in Namibian prison, they behave well, work hard –Envoy

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No Nigerian in Namibian prison, they behave well, work hard –Envoy
Abike Dabiri-Erewa and Namibia High Commissioner in Nigeria

There is no Nigerian in Namibian prison, the Namibian High Commissioner in Nigeria, Humphrey Geiseb, has announced.

Geiseb made the announcement on Tuesday just as he stated that there would be Diaspora voting all around the world on Wednesday as  Namibians would go to the polls to elect a new president and parliamentarians.

Geiseb spoke when he visited the chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in Abuja on Tuesday.

Geiseb stated that Namibians living in Nigeria would join other Namibians, all over the world on Wednesday to participate in diaspora voting scheduled for November 13 and 27.

He recalled that Namibia started diaspora voting since the early 2000s till date having amended its electoral laws to accommodate it.

Geiseb said that the relationship between Nigeria and Namibia dated back to the 70’s when Nigeria contributed to the fight for Namibia’s independence.

Since then, he said, numerous efforts had been made in cementing the relationship between Nigeria and Namibia.

While stating that there was no Nigerian in Namibian prison, he described Nigerians living in Namibia as good ambassadors, doing well in various fields of human endeavours.

“I am happy to inform you that there is no Nigerian in Namibian prisons, and none has been harassed, as they are all well behaved and hardworking. They are doing well in various endeavours – academia, business and many others,” he said.

The envoy said that the political party system policy, in his homeland, was gender-friendly, noting that the Namibian political parties practised what he called the “50-50 or Zebra system”, which allows equal representation of women in politics.

He sought for a partnership with NIDCOM on ways of effectively aligning Namibians and its Diasporas with NIDCOM initiatives especially in the areas of trade and investment.

Responding,  Dabiri-Erewa urged the National Assembly to make the Diaspora Voting in Nigeria a reality by expediting action on the amendment to the Electoral Act in Nigeria.

“There is no reason why Nigeria can’t have diaspora voting just as Namibia and some other countries that have already joined the league of countries doing diaspora voting,” she said.

She congratulated Namibia on its diaspora voting, gender equality and being a friendly country to Nigerians in the Diaspora.

The NIDCOM boss was equally happy that Nigerians in Namibia are making the country proud by being good ambassadors.

 

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