PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will depart Abuja
today to attend Trinidad and Tobago Emancipation
Day, as well as Jamaica's Independence anniversary
celebration.
The president, who will be accompanied by his wife,
Patience, will review the Kambule Street Procession,
the major event marking the Trinidad and Tobago
Emancipation Day tomorrow, with the Prime Minister
of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Honourable
Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
A statement issued by Dr Reuben Abati, Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity, in Abuja, on Monday,
said President Jonathan would also pay a visit to
Professor George Maxwell Richards, president of
Trinidad and Tobago and his wife, Dr Jean Richards,
and meet with members of the Nigerian community.
The president's official visit to Jamaica would
commence on Thursday, with a special
commemorative session of parliament in his honour,
after which he will be hosted by the Jamaican Prime
Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller.
President Jonathan is expected back in Abuja on
Saturday.
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