The
Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II
on Thursday hosted the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mrs.
Catriona Laing CB, at his Ile Oodua Palace, Ile Ife, State of Osun.
Nigeria.
While
receiving Mrs. Laing who is the first woman to take up the position
as a British High Commissioner in Nigeria, the African foremost
monarch described the Nigeria-UK relationship as cordial, expressing
his belief in the High Commissioner’s ability to uphold and and
improve on it.
Flanked
by his queen, Olori Naomi Ogunwusi(Yeyeluwa), Ooni Ogunwusi who is
the Co-Chairman of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of
Nigeria(NCTRN) congratulated the new British Prime Minister, Mr Boris
Johnson on his emergence, urging him to not to renege on
his promise to the world especially as regards to the Africa's
interest.
“I
love the Prime Minister’s inaugural speech that power belongs to
the people. I want to use this opportunity to implore him and his
team to work hard to be able to deliver on their promises to the
world.
“Once
again, I congratulate him and I pray that the Almighty God will be
with him and make him succeed in this new capacity and in his future
endeavours.
“Similarly,
I commend the British High Commissioner to Nigeria for her good works
particularly to strengthen the strong cordial relationship between
the United Kingdom and Nigeria.
“You
are very much welcome to your home Ile Ife, the cradle of human race
and natural headquarters of Yoruba nation safely. I want you to
during your tenure here in Nigeria work with us for peace, for love
and for progress so that a good history can be made of your tenure as
the British High Commissioner to Nigeria” Ooni noted.
Earlier
in her address, Mrs. Catriona who was thrilled by several cultural
displays from entertainers explained that the Nigeria-British
relationship remained strong, adding that she has mapped out plans to
further strengthen it.
“I
am going to focus on three things first of which is to strengthen our
commercial relationships by encouraging British companies to come
here.
“Secondly
is to support Nigeria to combat her security challenges especially in
the North-East, and the third is what we are doing today which to
strengthen people-to-people relationship especially in the area of
culture". She said.
Olowa
of Igbara Oke, Oba Francis Adefarakanmi, Professor Muib Opeloye and
the wife of the immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso
Amosun were among the dignitaries that witnessed the event.
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