Nigerian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Janet Omoleegho Olisa remembers her first days in the island, particularly for the ease with which she transitioned into Jamaican life.
“The cultures are very similar, there are commonalities in the way people relate to each other, in many of the foods we eat and certainly in the culture,”
she said.
A big part of that culture concerns festivities, and with arguably the supreme festive season approaching, the High Commissioner offered some insights to the parallels and the contrasts between Christmas in Jamaica and in the home of the “Super Eagles”. Of course, Nigeria is a very diverse nation in terms of religion, even though Islam and Christianity have the most adherents, so Christmas time takes on some different forms depending on one’s professed belief. But overall, there are considerable similarities.
Like Jamaica, the lead-up to Christmas is a time for traffic snarls and delays as folks from various parts of the country seek to return home and be reunited with their loved ones, families and friends. Major cities become almost deserted. When one factors in that Nigeria, by area, is over 356,000 square miles and an estimated population of 190 million people, one gets a sense of the massive demands that are placed on transport and other service providers to facilitate all this movement.
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Nigerian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Janet Omoleegho Olisa remembers her first days in the island, particularly for the ease with which she transitioned into Jamaican life.
she said.
A big part of that culture concerns festivities, and with arguably the supreme festive season approaching, the High Commissioner offered some insights to the parallels and the contrasts between Christmas in Jamaica and in the home of the “Super Eagles”. Of course, Nigeria is a very diverse nation in terms of religion, even though Islam and Christianity have the most adherents, so Christmas time takes on some different forms depending on one’s professed belief. But overall, there are considerable similarities.
Like Jamaica, the lead-up to Christmas is a time for traffic snarls and delays as folks from various parts of the country seek to return home and be reunited with their loved ones, families and friends. Major cities become almost deserted. When one factors in that Nigeria, by area, is over 356,000 square miles and an estimated population of 190 million people, one gets a sense of the massive demands that are placed on transport and other service providers to facilitate all this movement.
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