Nigeria releases stamps marking Mujib Year

Nigerian postal service will release a commemorative stamp celebrating the ‘Mujib Year’ marking birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Thursday.

Nigerian foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama along with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr A K Abul Momen will jointly unveil the commemorative stamps at a virtual platform, a foreign ministry press release said here on Wednesday.

Bangladesh mission in Nigerian capital Abuja will organise the virtual stamp releasing ceremony at 12 pm Nigerian time and 5 pm Dhaka time.

State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam, foreign secretary Masud bin Momen, Bangladesh high commissioner to Nigeria M Shameem Ahsan and Nigerian postal service director general Dr. Ismail Adebayo Adewusi along with Bangladeshi expatriates residing in Nigeria will join the ceremony.