Many Nigerians schooling, teaching in Jamaica —Envoy

Tunbosun Ogundare | Lagos

The Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Esmond Reid, has disclosed that there are many Nigerians who are either students or lecturers in various Jamaican schools.

He made the disclosure at the public launch of a book, entitled: ‘Wings, Roots and Branches’ written by a Nigerian author and CEO of Nigerians Travel Too, Mrs Elizabeth Agboola, in Lagos, recently.

He said that though he could not immediately give exact figure of the Nigerian students and lecturers, some of whom are professors in Jamaican schools including universities at the moment, he is very sure of the huge traffic of Nigerians who apply and secure students’ and work visa to Jamaica and other Caribbean countries on a yearly basis.

Reid explained that he is aware that universities in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries actually want to strengthen collaboration with Nigerian universities and other African countries on teacher, student exchange programmes.

He said such an arrangement would certainly give them the opportunity to link curriculum with both sides acquiring additional knowledge and experience that could help people to contribute significantly back home to their local communities.

Speaking about the book, ‘Wings, Roots and Branches,’ Reid lauded the author, saying the book vividly captured the direct connection of Nigeria to Jamaica through the air for the first time in history.

He said the author, Mrs Elizabeth Agboola, really broke the jinx and made history with her tourist company providing the first ever direct chartered flight from Nigeria to Jamaica and vice-versa in December 2020 at the peak of COVID 19 pandemic.

In her welcome address at the event, the author, Mrs Elizabeth Agboola, declared that she was spurred to write the book to serve as a memoir of the journey from conception to actualisation and the discovery that both Caribbean and Africans actually have many things in common.

She said the experience in the book would certainly boost trade, aviation, tourism and education, among others between people of both continents.

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