A delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, last Saturday 18th, September 2021 visited Kingston Jamaica to carry out oversight functions, in line with the efforts aimed at repositioning the Nigerian Foreign Service for optimum performance and service delivery in line with the vision of the President Buhari Administration and the mandate of the 9th House. 

House Committee Delegation Arrive Nigeria’s High Commission In Kingston Jamaica For Oversight Duties

The delegation was led by the House Committee Chairman on Foreign Affairs,Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Yusuf Buba Yakub, and other Members, including the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Adelegbe Timehin, Hon. Princess Onuoha, Hon. Wale Raji as well as Hon.Wole Oke, and also had in its company the Clerk of the Committee, Muhammad Ali, and the Director, Consular and Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Akinremi Bolaji was received by the staff of the High commission led by the High Commissioner Dr. Maureen Tamuno.

Day Two of the working visit of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The delegation in the company of Dr. Maureen Tamuno paid a courtesy visit to the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) Kingston Jamaica where they had had the pleasure of touring the magnificent State of the art facility.

House Committee Delegation Arrive Nigeria’s High Commission In Kingston Jamaica For Oversight Duties

HIC is the first and dedicated full-service heart hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean, Under the chairmanship of a Nigerian, Prof Ernest Madu.

Thereafter the delegation paid a zoom courtesy call to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jamaica,

Following this, they were received in parliament by the Speaker of House of Representatives Jamaica, The Honourable Marisa Colleen  Darymple Philibert, and Members of Parliament of Jamaica.

House Committee Delegation Arrive Nigeria’s High Commission In Kingston Jamaica For Oversight Duties

The chairman of the Committee thanked the speaker of the house for their warm reception, he stated that their visit seeks to further strengthen the existing bilateral relations between Nigeria and Jamaica.