By Helen Udoh-Abuja
The Federal Government has revealed that procedures has been unveiled to strengthen bilateral bond with Jamaica in divers mutually advantageous areas.
” Joint Commission is very important as issues bordering on education and cultural cooperation, economic and trade matters, technical cooperation, energy cooperation, migration and others will be discussed, Onyema said.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema made this known to journalists at the fourth session of the Nigeria-Jamaica Joint Commission on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, in Abuja.
Onyema noted, “For us, they are kith and kin and that’s how our policy towards Jamaica and other countries of the Caribbean is founded on that basis of kinship.
The Nigeria minister of foreign affairs revealed that, “It has been far too long for a very important part of the globe for us the Caribbean that we’ve gone too far apart. So, we really want to bring a big push to all the various levels technical and people-to-people is very important”.
“ There is so much we can be doing as a people to cement this relationship,so We also need to look at the cultural level where we can drink more Jamaican rum here and export palm wine to them and we export afrobeat and they will give us reggae and calypso, as well as show us how to organize carnivals through technology transfer to have better carnivals,He noted.
The minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Jamaica, Kamina Johnson Smith stated that, the joint commission allows the two countries to celebrate and deepen the long-standing formidable and dynamic friendship between Jamaica and Nigeria.
“This occasion of course marks the very first time that the meeting of this joint commission is taking place on the continent in Nigeria. Since its establishment over 30 years ago, this joint commission has been a viable and important medium for us to exchange views on issues of mutual interest. she noted.
“We are pleased to have hosted previous sessions of the joint commission in 1999, 2002 and 2014 and we welcome the fact that we are able to meet here in your wonderful country during my first official visit to Nigeria.
“I and my team are committed to ensuring that the mechanisms we put in place will allow for continuous follow-up and implementation to ensure that there are deeds to match the words 0which will be exchanged during the course of today”, Kamina revealed.
The minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Jamaica Revealed that ” Jamaica looks forward to exploring prospects in oil and gas, mining, trading in agriculture and non-agricultural products and wider investment opportunities and as such, welcomes the opportunity to explore the potentials to strengthen and deepen the bilateral relations of the two countries in these areas. She said, (Outlook Media).
