Globetrotting banker appeals to Nigerian diaspora to send money home

Lagos, Nigeria

TUNJI Adeyemi travelled from Lagos to Britain seeking to persuade Nigerians living there to deposit their pounds in his bank's vaults. Based on the crowds of people sitting at tables filling out forms in a Glasgow arts centre, he found a receptive audience.

The Scottish city was just one stop in Sterling Bank plc's push to get Nigerians abroad to open 5,000 new accounts back home this year, said Mr Adeyemi, head of the bank's year-old diaspora services programme.

The visit late l…