George Floyd: NIDCOM-NCAC Hold Solidarity Rally

George Floyd: NIDCOM-NCAC Hold Solidarity Rally

As the global community  with well over  50 countries protest

the gruesome murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer,

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) led by the Chairman and CEO,

Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa and the Director-General, National Council for

Arts and Culture led by Otunba Olusegun Runsewe  call for justice, not

only for George Floyd but other Black Africans and Nigerian Diaspora

who have been victims of violence, brutality and racial discrimination.

brutality and racial discrimination. We call for respect and dignity for all races. Never again should we be made to witness what we saw on the streets of Minneapolis, the slow murder of an individual by a uniformed police officer”.

The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission charged Nigerians and

all black Africans to connect back home to the continent their

motherland stating that though it is not a bed of roses but it is home

where they will be overwhelmed with love and the spirit of

togetherness.

She said Badagry  door of return is a platform for every

black person to connect physically, spiritually, emotionally and

economically with the motherland, as they walk through a symbolic

path where they were taken away as slaves and walk back and are received

as Kings and Queens on the African continent. She implored them to come

back home and invest in their motherland. She  noted that many Africans

in the diaspora have been doing their DNA to discover their roots .and said

Nigeria is ever willing to receive them

In the same vein,  Otunba Olusegun Runsewe Director-General NCAC,

thanked the Chairman/CEO  of NiDCOM for the Partnership and with a heavy

heart stated that they have come together to join other countries of

the world in showing solidarity for the likes of George Floyd.

Otunba Runsewe who is also President World Council of Arts, African

 region, stated that the Nigerian culture is centred around LOVE and

HUMAN DIGNITY but sadly that was absent the day George Floyd was kept

silent. He assured the entire public that the great connection between

the two organizations(NIDCOM  AND NCAC) is a new message for the world

saying ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” and we must have a change of heart.

The event ended with a one minute silence for George Floyd and the chant

“JUSTICE FOR FLOYD and “BLACK LIVES MATTER”