President Jonathan, wife jets off to the Caribbean

President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja today for Trindad and Tobago and Jamaica.
He is to attend the Trinidad and Tobago Emancipation Day and Jamaica’s Independence anniversary celebration.


Jonathan, according to his media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, will be accompanied by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan.

He is expected to review the Kambule Street Procession, the major event marking the Trinidad and Tobago Emancipation Day, on Wednesday, August 1, with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

He will also present a Goodwill Message to the Procession, pay a courtesy call on Prof. George Maxwell Richards, President of Trinidad and Tobago and his wife, Dr. Jean Ramjohn Richards, and meet with members of the Nigerian community resident in Trinidad and Tobago.

Jonathan will attend the Emancipation Day Cultural Programme at the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village and be hosted to a State Banquet by the President of Trinidad and Tobago.

He will leave Trinidad and Tobago for Jamaica on Thursday. A Special Commemorative Session of Parliament will be held in his honour. He will be hosted by the Jamaican Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller.

Jonathan is expected back in Abuja on Saturday.