Under a new Technical Manpower Assistance agreement signed in Castries on Wednesday, Nigerian teachers, agriculturists, and medical experts will be deployed to the Caribbean nation for two years.
The deal, aimed at strengthening South-South cooperation and reconnecting with the African diaspora, was formalised by Yusuf Yakub, Director-General of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, and Janelle Modeste-Stephen, Acting Permanent Secretary in Saint Lucia’s Ministry of External Affairs.
According to the agreement, the Nigerian government will fund the volunteers’ allowances and logistics, while Saint Lucia will provide accommodation and other local support.
But the NMA, in a strongly worded statement signed by its Secretary General, Dr. Ben Egbo, said the government was failing in its responsibility to medical practitioners at home while attempting to curry international favour.
