Guyana gets non-resident Nigerian High Commissioner
Bilateral relations between Guyana and Nigeria will be further strengthened with the recent Cabinet approval of a non-resident High Commissioner of the Federal
Nigeria’s non-resident High Commissioner to Guyana, Alhaji Hassan Jika Ardo
Republic of Nigeria.
Alhaji Hassan Jika Ardo, who recently served as Interim Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) of Nigeria, will now serve as the non-resident High Commissioner of Nigeria to Guyana. Prior to joining active politics in Nigeria, High Commissioner-designate Ardo worked as an accountant and later as the Assistant Director of the Office of the Accountant General before retiring in 2013. Since the discovery of oil here, Government has been looking to Nigeria to assist in developing its petroleum industry and is also looking to improve trade relations with the African country.
While attending the 71st United Nations General Assembly in September 2016, President David Granger met with his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, and discussed possible cooperation in the area of petroleum industry management, given Nigeria’s extensive experience in that sector.
The two Heads of State had agreed that there were also potential areas of collaboration in several other important areas such as education, culture, security, and trade. Since establishing formal diplomatic relations on August 2, 1976, Guyana and Nigeria have engaged in bilateral cooperation, including in the political sphere.
