If you were ever asked which country has the largest population of Nigerians living in it, we bet you would say the United States. Well, that’s what popular journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi got when he ran a Twitter poll on this subject.
Quiz: Which country has the largest Nigerian emigrant population:
— tolu ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) December 7, 2015
And he got this result
But according to the Migration Policy Institute, the University of Sussex’s Global Migrant Origin Database reveals that nearly 25% of Nigerians abroad were in Sudan, with 14 percent in the United States, 9 percent in the United Kingdom, 8 percent in Cameroon, and 5 percent in Ghana (see Figure 3). Much smaller populations were scattered across Africa, Europe, and Asia.
But why is Sudan home to the largest Nigerian population of any destination country?
According to the site, the most common explanation is a long history of sociocultural ties between Sudan and northern Nigeria, where most Nigerians in Sudan are from. Also, northern Nigerians who travel over land for the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia go through Sudan, and many have settled there over the years.
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