But what do Nigerians who've remained in the united states think - are those returning home helping or hurting?
Continue after the break.
(Jobs in Nigeria) are Nigerians returning home helping or hurting the united states?
"I don't think they are helping," says one man. "They are just coming in to cash in on the ample opportunities in this country to get on and deteriorate - because Nigeria is a consuming environment."
You can find not figures for exactly how many Nigerians have returned to Nigeria within the last few decade approximately because the come back to democracy in 1999. But Lagos, particularly, has seen a large influx of so-called "repatriates" after the city's rehabilitation efforts by Governor Fashola.
However, regardless of the expertise many of the "Repats" bring for their jobs in Nigeria in the banking and telecom sectors, many of the Nigerians already in the united states believe they are simply being opportunistic at the the expense of those people who have struggled for decades under military rule."They come back and want Nigeria to function like in the West so that is a good thing," agrees an older gentleman.
"People coming from the UK - most of them have gone there to struggle so they can't be coming back to help us!" says one young man.
Or, perhaps, despite their utmost efforts - they can't change anything and neither hurt or help:
Watch Video bellow""The people coming back does not change much for the people already on the ground."
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