A Nigerian woman, Dr. Addy Olubanji, has taken to social media to bemoan the horrible experience she reportedly had at the Nigerian Embassy in New York.
Addy shared on the microblogging platform, Twitter that she and her family had visited the embassy to obtain their Nigerian passports but she claimed that she was shocked by how they were all treated.
She said that the personnel treated them poorly and made them feel unimportant, which brought her to tears.
She tweeted;
“Yesterday, I was at Nigeria House in New York with my family to get our passports.
If I write about my experience, it will go viral. How they talked us down, treated us like we don’t matter, the inconsistencies in their processes, late arrivals of employees, lack of empathy and I was moved to tears.
Let it be known that when diasporans try to stay patriotic to our country Nigeria, the systems kept making it difficult for us. We shouldn’t have to cry or plan to bribe or know that the system will not work. Why? No, I didn’t call anyone I knew to help me. I wanted to experience this like I didn’t know anyone and I am still in disbelief.
Yes I want to write nice things about my country but when things aren’t working, it is also our responsibility to say it. I started asking myself why I wanted to renew this passport and why I wanted it for my child. That’s how much they humiliated us. Someone needs to look into the structures and systems running in our Nigeria embassies around the world, it needs to be looked at.
Before leaving, I told them if I am pushed I will make sure to bring this to twitter and ensure the government knows what that are doing.”
