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President Bola Tinubu has appointed a five-member delegation to represent Nigeria at the burial of American civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Jackson died on February 17, 2026, in Chicago at the age of 84.
The President’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said on Wednesday that Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, will lead the delegation.
Other members include Ambassador Sola Enikanolaye, Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and International Relations; Brian Browne, Special Presidential Envoy for Global and Pan-African Affairs; Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy; and Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
The delegation is expected to deliver President Tinubu’s message of condolences to the Jackson family.
According to Tinubu’s earlier homage, Reverend Jackson is a great friend of Nigeria and Africa.
“He was a moral voice and a formidable resistance to apartheid in South Africa,” Tinubu wrote.
“He played a leading role in the campaign for the release from prison of Nelson Mandela and other African National Congress leaders. He won critical support for sanctions against the then apartheid government.”
Burial activities began on February 26 with a lying-in-state at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago.
Services are scheduled in South Carolina and Washington, D.C., including a lying-in-state at the South Carolina State House from March 1 to 5.
A “People’s Celebration” will be held on March 6 at the House of Hope in Chicago, followed by a private homegoing service on March 7 at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
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PRESIDENT TINUBU SENDS 5-PERSON DELEGATION TO ATTEND JESSE JACKSON’S BURIAL
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a five-person delegation to represent him and the country at the final burial rites of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the American civil rights… pic.twitter.com/m95nrKfzDJ
— Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON (@aonanuga1956) March 4, 2026
