Mission Statement

  •  To build a patriotic NIDO Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter with a positive difference focused on networking and collaboration among Nigerians in Maryland, its community, and host country, consequently affecting the building of an attractive Nigeria.
Our Purpose and Mission
  • Remain connected and focus on NIDO America's framework  and promote opportunity for the engagement of the Diaspora communities by the Nigerian government..
  • Partner with individuals and groups both in the Diaspora and investors in our host country to promote business and investment opportunity in Nigeria and Dallas-Fort Wort Texas.
  • Partner with the Nigerian government and private sectors to effect strategic wealth creation in the economic and environmental sectors.
  • Promote relevant educational and health policies through programs, conferences, and training.

Our History


  • September 2000: President Olusegun Obasanjo’s visit to Atlanta and Meeting with Nigerians in the Americas—Approximately 2000 Nigerians attended the meeting: Need to form an organization representing a coalition of all Nigerian professional, trade and community associations to facilitate and streamline the process of engagement of the Diaspora communities by the Nigerian government.
  • September 2000 –October 2001: Detailed Framework for NIDO prepared by a committee of Nigerian intellectuals and Professionals mostly based in Atlanta, GA—led by Dr. Bato Amu.
  • October, 2001—INCEPTION of NIDO Americas
  • Meeting in Washington, DC chaired by His Excellency Ambassador Professor Jibril Aminu with 550 Nigerians in attendance:
  • Formation of Interim Board of NIDO Americas with the election of two board members from each of the 8 regions of the Americas.
  • Election of the Executive of the Interim Board of NIDO Americas which was given the responsibility to:
  • Develop the Bylaws/Constitution of NIDO Americas.
  • Register NIDO Americas as a not-for Profit Corporation in the District of Columbia but which would operate in all zones of the Americas across geographical and national boundaries.
  • And much more

MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION

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Membership to NIDO DFW Chapter is open to any person who is a Nigerian national or married to a Nigerian national or otherwise qualifies for Nigerian Citizenship under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, who lives in the Dallas Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.
@NIDOAmericas  |  info@nidodfw.org  |  9450 Skillman Street. #120. Dallas TX. 75071

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Nigeria has recognized the Diaspora as a veritable tool for the socio-economic development of the country leading to the desire to draw a national policy that guarantees their right of participation in the socio-economic development of their home land.
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