NIGERIA AND JAMAICA LAUNCH INAUGURAL DIRECT FLIGHT
……….Operations will boost Tourism, Education and Economic activities- MFA
Oru Leonard
As part of the activities to commemorate 50 years of good bilateral relations between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Jamaica, an inaugural direct flight, Air Peace, departed from Lagos and has landed in Montego Bay, on Monday, 21 December 2020.
Aboard the flight was His Excellency, Geoffrey ONYEAMA, Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA), together with a number of other senior Nigerian government officials and members of the Organised Private Sector. They were received at the Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, by the Minister of Transportation of Jamaica and other top Jamaican government officials.
A release signed by Ferdinand Nwonye, the Spokesperson of MFA on Tuesday, 22 December, 2020, stated that the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Geoffrey Onyeama was hosted to a breakfast meeting by his Jamaican counterpart, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith.
The meeting discussed areas of cooperation between Nigeria and Jamaica, including collaboration between Nollywood and the Jamaican film industry.
The meeting had in attendance, the Jamaican Ministers of Tourism, Transportation and Mining and senior Nigerian government Officials.
“It is expected that the welcome development will deepen relations between the two countries in areas of tourism, education and economic activities, to mention a few”, Nwaonye noted.
