EAGLEYE FACTOMETER : Nigerians abroad remit over N23 billion every year **70% of 12 million Nigerians Overseas Are Igbos

70% of 12 million Nigerians Overseas Are Igbos

Majority of Nigerians overseas are in the US and UK. 
About 12 Million Nigerians reside overseas.
Do you know that 70 percent of 12 million Nigerians overseas are Igbos? These Nigerians abroad remit over N23 billion every year. 

Africans across the globe invested $40 billion into the continent's economy. And Nigerians accounted for about 55 percent of the money. Nigerians in in Diaspora remitted total of sum of $18 billion in 2009. 

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 Date supplied Dr. kalu Kalu Diogu, past Chairman of World Igbo Congress (WIC)
And 30 percent of the 70 percent  Nigerians abroad are from Abia State.