Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Philip Pierre, has condemned what he described because the “vilification and denigration” of President Bola Tinubu by a bunch allegedly supported by the opposition for his current go to to the Caribbean nation.
The Prime Minister, in his tackle on the nation’s 2025 Emancipation Day on August 1, got here down onerous on these vilifying the June go to.
President Tinubu’s go to to Saint Lucia to determine formal relations with the Island and different members of the Group of Jap Caribbean States was criticised by a bit of Nigerians.
In Saint Lucia, opposition events and commentators scrutinised the price of the go to, short-term airport closures and the character of any ensuing bilateral agreements.
The Prime Minister described the act as one other “demonstration of the dangerous results of the legacy of slavery: self-hate and a readiness to just accept African folks and their descendants as inferior.”
“That behaviour was nothing in need of shameful and disgraceful. Had the go to been from the Head of State of one other nation, the reception from that group would have been as a minimum respectful,” he added.
Pierre maintained his nation’s readiness and dedication towards implementing the memorandum of understanding between the 2 nations.
Saint Lucia conferred its highest nationwide honour, Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia (KCOSL), on President Tinubu, in recognition of his efforts to strengthen historic and cultural bonds between Africa and the Caribbean.
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