Today, Sunday July 19, President Muhammadu Buhari left Abuja for the USA with his 33-man delegation, on July 20, the Nigerian leader will meet his American counterpart, Barack Obama.
As it was reported earlier, the leaders are planning to discuss a “holistic, regional approach to combating Boko Haram” and important economic and political reforms in Nigeria.
Speaking about the president’s four-day-stay in America, Nigeria’s ambassador to the US, Professor Ade Adefuye, stressed that the visit was important for both countries because Nigeria and the US remain partners on many fronts.
“The importance of the visit is in the fact that the US is accommodating President Buhari at Blair House, the first of its kind for a Nigerian leader and at no expense to the country,” the ambassador added.
Ahead of Buhari’s visit to the USA, Johnnie Carson, a former assistant secretary of state, has stated that Nigeria is the most important country in Africa and must be treated as such.
Carson noted that the discussion between Nigeria and America should not be restricted to insecurity adding that both countries need closer trade and investment ties.
Similarly, Tony Blinken, the US deputy secretary of state, revealed that “Obama has long seen Nigeria as arguably the most important strategic country in sub-Saharan Africa.”
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