Recently, Chief. Dr. ( Mrs.) Sally Uwechue-Mbanefo, Director General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) and other dignitaries including Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Embassy of Ghana in Nigeria all gathered to celebrate Lindsay Barrett, a Jamaican-born poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist and photographer who since 1966 has lived in Nigeria at his 70th birthday held at the Ghana Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria.

Chief. Dr. ( Mrs.) Sally Uwechue –Mbanefo, D-G, Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) (middle), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) (right) and Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Embassy of Ghana in Nigeria during the 70th birthday of international journalist, Lindsay Barrett