President Bola Tinubu was on Monday honoured with a symbolic reception at the bicameral parliament of Saint Lucia, where leaders of the Caribbean island affirmed historic and cultural ties with Nigeria, citing deep ancestral connections dating back to the transatlantic slave trade.
In her address to the joint sitting, the President of the Saint Lucian Senate, Alvina Reynolds, stated that historical records show that a large number of African slaves brought to Saint Lucia originated from Nigeria.