The Mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown, has revealed his admiration for Lagos State, a State he visited in 2007.
Brown revealed his admiration at a town hall meeting hosted by the Coalition of Nigerian Canadian Interest Groups in Canada to honour the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Brown said, “I went to Nigeria in 2007. I went to Lagos and I fell in love with the country. Two years ago, I went back and once again, I toured the country. Anytime you visit Nigeria, you’re saying to yourself, ‘When can I go back?”
He revealed further that he was “blown away” by Nigerian’s movie industry, Nollywood.
He added: “There’s a lot of love for Nigeria in my city.”
In the same vein, Graham McGregor, a member of the Provincial Parliament in Brampton North, tweeted: “In Brampton, we’ve got one of the fastest growing Nigerian-Canadian communities. I’ve spoken with a few people here that are from Brampton and we’ve got a lot of exciting things going on.”
He talked about the significance of building an “open, inclusive, welcoming economy for everybody. And to the connections we’re building here with the Nigerian-Canadian community, we want to make sure Nigerians are part of it.”