AO Asekun

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On this very special occasion. I join people of goodwill globally in praying for the peace, progress and prosperity of Canada. Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦

Dean Wanda Costen of Smith Business School and Dean Ogbechie of LBS led the delegates on a visit to the Toronto Stock Exchange. The session which focused on innovation in Canadian and Global markets with a Nigerian perspective, was interactive and engaging.

It was a pleasure to receive over 40 Graduate Students from the Lagos Business School led by Dean Chris Ogbechie in Toronto, following the partnership with the Smith School of Business. Excellent team work on both sides made this trip possible.

Happy birthday America @ 247!🇺🇸

Happy Canada Day. We thank God for His blessings upon this beautiful country and pray for the continued peace, progress and prosperity of all Canadians. 🇨🇦🇳🇬

Children are a heritage of the Lord…..I believe the children are our future……On this special day we thank God for the gift of children. What would our world be like without them?

African Mission Heads marked Africa Day with lectures and a panel discussion on Afcfta. The event took place at uOttawa and was attended by diplomats, Canadian government officials, the diaspora community and university officials.

Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim sisters and brothers. May the blessings of Ramadan abound unto you and your loved ones.

The President of the Nigeria Canada Association, New Brunswick, Bayo Ogunleye visited us at the NHC. Bayo was recently appointed Executive Vice President of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council. Kudos to Bayo, keep the flag flying!!

May we be inspired by Christ’s message of love, compassion and forgiveness. Happy Easter!

To the wonderful women of the world. I say “happy International Women’s day”I salute your strength, courage and keen sense of intuition. You bring beauty to our world I can’t imagine life with out you 🙏🏿👍🏾👏🏾

I received the Perm. Rep of Ismaili Imamat, Dr. M. Eboo and his associate, Aziz Hashim, MD of NRD Capital at the NHC. We had very useful discussions on investment opportunities in Nigeria.

I had a productive meeting with some members of the Presidential Committee on the review of the number & strategy for resourcing Nigeria's diplomatic Missions worldwide led by the Chair of the Committee, Amb. Martin Uhomoibi. We hope for solutions that would revamp the missions.

We discussed issues of mutual interest, such as prospects for increased trade and investment between Nigeria and Canada as well as the need to conclude a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) as soon as possible.

I had the honour of accompanying Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo to a meeting with Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Honourable Mary Ng.

Before the screening of the movie “2 weeks in Lagos” in Ottawa. His Excellency and his team met with some Nigerian Canadian film makers. They had a chance to discuss some of their concerns. The need for a film co-production treaty between Nigeria and Canada was emphasized.

While in Canada, His Excellency, the Vice President of Nigeria attended the screening of “2 weeks in Lagos. The screening of this movie by Nigerian Canadian Kathryn Fasegha, is part of the NHC’s effort to promote Nollywood in Canada.

Sunil Sharma the CEO of Techstars Toronto met with the VP of Nigeria and his team during their visit to Canada. Discussions focused on the performance of Nigerian tech start-ups in Techstars’ portfolio and prospects for more investment.

Apollo is the largest health and beauty products company in Canada. The leadership of the company paid a courtesy call on His Excellency, the Vice President of Nigeria during his working visit in Canada.

His Excellency the Vice President of Nigeria delivered a lecture titled “Climate Justice & Africa”at Queens University. He addressed critical issues surrounding climate change and drew attention to Nigeria’s energy transition plan. The lecture gave rise to a standing ovation.