President Sends Five-man Delegation For Jesse Jackson's Burial

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja

Late Rev Jesse Jackson

President Bola Tinubu has sent a five-person delegation to represent him and Nigeria at the final burial rites of American civil rights leader, activist and former presidential candidate, Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Jackson passed away at age 84 on February 17, 2026, in Chicago.

The Federal Government's delegation will be led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume.

Other members are the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa; Special Presidential Envoy for Global and Pan-African Affairs, Brian Browne; and Senior Special Assistant, Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaye.

The delegation will deliver President Tinubu’s message of condolences to the Jackson family.

In an earlier tribute, President Tinubu described Reverend Jackson as a great friend of Nigeria and Africa.

"He was a moral voice and a formidable resistance to apartheid in South Africa. He played a leading role in the campaign for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison and other African National Congress leaders. He won critical support for sanctions against the then apartheid government," President Tinubu wrote.

The burial programme for the civil rights leader began on February 26, with a lying-in-state at Rainbow PUSH Coalition in Chicago. Services in South Carolina and Washington, D.C., and a lying-in-state at the South Carolina Statehouse were scheduled for March 1-5.

On March 6, a "People's Celebration" will take place at House of Hope in Chicago, followed by a private homegoing on March 7 at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga in Abuja.

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