By Olasunkanmi Akoni

Nigerians in the Diaspora have urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, to work out arrangement that would enable them exercise their franchise at the elections.

Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation in Europe (NIDO) and founder of Ben TV, London, Mr. Alistair Shoyode, made the call while speaking with Vanguard shortly after paying a solidarity visit to the executive members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos Council, on the recent kidnap saga.

According to Shoyode, it was time for Nigerians to take their destiny in their hands like other advanced countries were presently doing.

The Federal Government recognise July 25 as the Diaspora day and within that period, he said they come back home to address the problem affecting Nigerians in Diaspora.

Shoyode said what was actually agitating the minds of Nigerians in Diaspora was the issue of how they could participate and vote in the 2011 general election.