High Commissioner to Jamaica, Haiti, Belize and Dominican Republic, Dr. Maureen Piribonemi Tanumo (left) during her visit to the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Even as she resumes office as the High Commissioner to Jamaica, Haiti, Belize and Dominican Republic, Dr Maureen Piribonemi Tanumo has begun to show evidence of being a round peg in a round hole.
Tanumo, who has also been appointed as the Permanent Representative to International Seabed Authority, seems prepared to prove her mettle. Indeed, the River State native has hit the ground running with activities that tend to be beneficial to Nigeria.
For two days (specifically Thursday, April 16 and Friday, April 17, 2021), she was in Osun State, where she visited the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola and the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. The visit to the Ooni of Ife was part of activities to discuss issues of mutual relations and seek cooperation from the Ooni who is also a custodian o
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By Adesina Wahab
Nigeria’s Ambassador Designate/ High Commissioner to Jamaica, Haiti, Belize and Dominican Republic, Dr Maureen Piribonemi Tanumo, has said the country will soon really connect with the black people in those nations, so that the advantages in the cultural affinity between the peoples of the Caribbean and Nigeria will be adequately harnessed.
She stated this at the weekend at the palace of the Ooni of Ile Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, while honouring an invitation extended to her by the palace.
She noted that quite a number of people in the Caribbean were eager to identify with their kinsmen in Africa, especially Nigeria, from where their forebears were taken as slaves to those countries.