“Once a Nepali, always a Nepali”: Finance Minister Wagle
“Significant avenues have been opened to facilitate investment from the diaspora into Nepal. You are our goodwill ambassadors. You are the best facilitators for bringing your own legitimately earned funds and foreign investments into Nepal,” the Finance Minister said. “The transformative concepts we have introduced on behalf of the government—such as NRNA bonds, offshore bonds, and alternative financing mechanisms—are intended to expand your investments in the country.”
KATHMANDU:- Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle has urged Nepalis living abroad to remain confident in the government and party’s stance that “once a Nepali, always a Nepali.”
He made these remarks on Saturday while virtually addressing a conference organized by young Nepali entrepreneurs in Australia.
“We are clear in our conviction that ‘once a Nepali, always a Nepali.’ Rest assured, we are ‘once a Nepali, always a Nepali’,” said Finance Minister Wagle.
He also remarked that Nepalis living abroad serve as goodwill ambassadors for the government’s development and investment expansion efforts.
Finance Minister Wagle stated that the new government in Nepal—formed through a remarkable public mandate—is working to lay the foundation for good governance and open wider the doors to economic development, and that the collaboration of Nepalis living abroad is essential in this endeavor.
From the government leadership down to the ministers, everyone is operating based on high ethical standards. Initiatives such as meritocracy, high ethical conduct in leadership, zero tolerance for corruption, and steering the course of economic governance toward prosperity mark the beginning of a golden era of reform over the past decade.
“Significant avenues have been opened to facilitate investment from the diaspora into Nepal. You are our goodwill ambassadors. You are the best facilitators for bringing your own legitimately earned funds and foreign investments into Nepal,” the Finance Minister said. “The transformative concepts we have introduced on behalf of the government—such as NRNA bonds, offshore bonds, and alternative financing mechanisms—are intended to expand your investments in the country.”
Noting that this facilitation for economic recovery was being carried out outside of government accounts, he urged them to clearly articulate what further measures the government should undertake.
Describing the Nepali community—which comprises around one percent of Australia’s total population—as an asset for Nepal’s prosperity, he called upon everyone to join hands and unite in the shared interest of nation-building.
