The website of Nigeria High Commission in UK currently has more of the polices of the government of President Goodluck Jonathan, who left office in 2015.
The policy statements of President Bola Tinubu, who assumed office in 2023, and has visited UK for at least five times since then, are not found on the website.
Although Nigeria’s anthem changed in May when Tinubu gave assent to the National Anthem Bill, 2024, Arise O Compatriots, the former anthem, is what the high commission has on its website.
If such is the case with Tinubu, it is far worse with ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. For the eight years Buhari stayed in office, the High Commission did not display key information about his government.
Because foreign missions are the first good image publicists of a country, their websites ought to provide accurate information on their respective countries. Aside from the Sierra Leone High Commission in UK, which has stale content like that of Nigeria, checks on the websites of South Africa High Commission In UK, Kenya High Commission In UK, Ghana High Commission and that of Togo, showed they have up to date contents.
As of October 4, 2024, when our correspondent last visited the Nigerian High Commission website, information of 2010 when ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was in power were found in important segments.
Although the landing page showed a message on Nigeria’s Independence Day, while pictures of Tinubu and Mohammed Maidugu, Acting High Commissioner, were displayed conspicuously along Nigeria’s coat of arm, a visit to categories such as Economy Overview; Labour Market and Unemployment; Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing; Mining & Semi-Processing, among others which ought to educate and enlighten visitors, showed some information that have not been updated since the era of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.
