Nigerians are probably the most outward facing people in Africa. A conservative estimate puts the number in the Diaspora at between 5 and 15 million. In 2012, the amount of remittances sent home by those outside the shores of Nigeria was roughly $21 billion with $12.26 billion from the US and $7.76
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CHUKA UROKO
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