{"id":160904,"date":"2025-04-29T18:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney"},"modified":"2025-04-30T19:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:50:41","slug":"nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s President Tinubu congratulates Canada\u2019s new Prime Minister Carney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu has extended his congratulations to Mr Mark Joseph Carney on the Liberal Party\u2019s victory in the recent Canadian parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>Carney has become the 24th Prime Minister of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>In a message conveyed through his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, the President acknowledged the significance of the hard-fought electoral victory, particularly at a time when Canada requires a leader with substantial experience.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting briefly, the President noted that Carney is a seasoned economist, having previously served as Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008\u20132013) and the Bank of England (2013\u20132020).<\/p>\n<p>President Tinubu expressed hope that Carney\u2019s extensive experience in banking and governance would serve Canada well at this pivotal moment in its history.<\/p>\n<p>He also reaffirmed Nigeria\u2019s commitment to strengthening bilateral relations with Canada, particularly in the areas of education, climate change, and migration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to establishing a dynamic and forward-looking partnership with Prime Minister Carney\u2019s government, building on the goodwill and cooperation established under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,\u201d Tinubu stated through his media aide, Onanuga.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu has extended his congratulations to Mr Mark Joseph Carney on the Liberal Party\u2019s victory in the recent Canadian parliamentary elections. Carney has become the 24th Prime Minister of Canada. In a message conveyed through his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, the President acknowledged the significance of the hard-fought electoral victory, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[17066,254,12423],"class_list":["post-160904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-minister-carney","tag-nigeria","tag-president-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria\u2019s President Tinubu congratulates Canada\u2019s new Prime Minister Carney - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has extended his congratulations to Mr Mark Joseph Carney on the Liberal Party\u2019s victory in the re ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria\u2019s President Tinubu congratulates Canada\u2019s new Prime Minister Carney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has extended his congratulations to Mr Mark Joseph Carney on the Liberal Party\u2019s victory in the re ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-29T17:53:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-30T18:50:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745940593.252252.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria\u2019s President Tinubu congratulates Canada\u2019s new Prime Minister Carney\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-29T17:53:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-30T18:50:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745940593.252252.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Minister Carney\",\"Nigeria\",\"President Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-president-tinubu-congratulates-canadas-new-prime-minister-carney\",\"name\":\"Nigeria\u2019s President Tinubu congratulates Canada\u2019s new Prime Minister Carney - 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