{"id":69274,"date":"2025-06-30T00:36:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T00:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69274"},"modified":"2025-06-30T00:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T00:36:45","slug":"tinubus-saint-lucia-visit-deepens-africa-caribbean-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/30\/tinubus-saint-lucia-visit-deepens-africa-caribbean-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu\u2019s Saint Lucia Visit Deepens Africa-Caribbean Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu\u2019s recent visit to Saint Lucia has been described as a strategic diplomatic move aimed at strengthening Africa-Caribbean ties amid increasing global challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu was received with high honours on Saturday by Saint Lucia\u2019s Acting Governor-General, Errol Melchiades Charles, signaling a renewed commitment to South-South cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga said the visit reflects Nigeria\u2019s drive to foster deeper collaboration with the Caribbean, especially as Saint Lucia holds a central role as the headquarters of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), and a gateway to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a 15-member bloc with a combined GDP of over $130 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a critical time for the Global South,\u201d Onanuga noted. \u201cReinforcing Africa-Caribbean cooperation is no longer optional; it\u2019s essential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that Nigeria and the Caribbean nations share historic cultural and ancestral bonds, which continue to flourish through arts, music, and shared identity.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu\u2019s visit, Onanuga explained, aligns with Nigeria\u2019s \u201cFour D\u2019s\u201d foreign policy doctrine: Democracy, Development, Diaspora, and Demography.<\/p>\n<p>It also resonates with the African Union\u2019s \u201cSixth Region\u201d vision, which formally recognizes the African diaspora as an integral part of the continent\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria is committed to leveraging cultural diplomacy,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom the global success of Afrobeats and Nollywood to the literary influence of Nigerian writers, our creative power is enriching the Caribbean\u2019s cultural space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The visit reaffirmed Nigeria\u2019s commitment to building long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships across the diaspora, anchored on shared history, identity, and respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal President Bola Tinubu\u2019s recent visit to Saint Lucia has been described as a strategic diplomatic move aimed at strengthening Africa-Caribbean ties amid increasing global challenges. Tinubu was received with high honours on Saturday by Saint Lucia\u2019s Acting Governor-General, Errol Melchiades Charles, signaling a renewed commitment to South-South cooperation. Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":69275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-69274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69276,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69274\/revisions\/69276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}