President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia, on Saturday evening, kicking off a strategic diplomatic mission to bolster Nigeria\u2019s ties with Caribbean and South American nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President landed at Hewanorra International Airport at 5:30 p.m. local time, where he was accorded a ceremonial welcome by Saint Lucia\u2019s Governor-General, His Excellency Cyril Errol Melchiades Charles, and Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the presidency highlighted that the visit aligns with Nigeria\u2019s efforts to deepen engagement with the African diaspora, as outlined in the African Union\u2019s Sixth Region framework. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday, President Tinubu will pay courtesy visits to the Governor-General and Prime Minister Pierre. His itinerary includes a major address on Monday at a special joint session of Saint Lucia\u2019s Parliament, hosted at the William Jefferson Clinton Ballroom in Sandals Grande, Gros Islet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event will bring together OECS leaders, senior government officials, diplomats, the Nigerian community in Saint Lucia, and OECS Director-General Dr. Didacus Jules. Later, the President will chair a high-level working luncheon with OECS heads of government, focusing on economic collaboration, cultural ties, and mutual development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An additional stop at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Castries will explore academic partnerships and educational exchanges between Nigeria and Saint Lucia. President Tinubu will proceed to Rio de Janeiro for the 17th BRICS Summit (July 6\u20137) at the invitation of Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva. Nigeria\u2019s participation as a \u2018partner country\u2019\u2014a tier between observer and full member\u2014reflects its growing influence in Global South alliances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The summit, themed \u201cStrengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance,\u201d will address socio-economic and environmental development strategies. Current African BRICS members include South Africa, Egypt, and Ethiopia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia, on Saturday evening, kicking off a strategic diplomatic mission to bolster Nigeria\u2019s ties with Caribbean and South American nations. The President landed at Hewanorra International Airport at 5:30 p.m. local time, where he was accorded a ceremonial welcome by Saint Lucia\u2019s Governor-General, His Excellency Cyril Errol Melchiades Charles, and Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the presidency highlighted that the visit aligns with Nigeria\u2019s efforts to deepen engagement with the African diaspora, as outlined in the African Union\u2019s Sixth Region framework. On Sunday, President Tinubu will pay courtesy visits to the Governor-General and Prime Minister Pierre. His itinerary includes a major address on Monday at a special joint session of Saint Lucia\u2019s Parliament, hosted at the William Jefferson Clinton Ballroom in Sandals Grande, Gros Islet. The event will bring together OECS leaders, senior government officials, diplomats, the Nigerian community in Saint Lucia, and OECS Director-General Dr. Didacus Jules. Later, the President will chair a high-level working luncheon with OECS heads of government, focusing on economic collaboration, cultural ties, and mutual development. An additional stop at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Castries will explore academic partnerships and educational exchanges between Nigeria and Saint Lucia. President Tinubu will proceed to Rio de Janeiro for the 17th BRICS Summit (July 6\u20137) at the invitation of Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva. Nigeria\u2019s participation as a \u2018partner country\u2019\u2014a tier between observer and full member\u2014reflects its growing influence in Global South alliances. The summit, themed \u201cStrengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance,\u201d will address socio-economic and environmental development strategies. Current African BRICS members include South Africa, Egypt, and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25881,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25879\/revisions\/25881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}