Obama Sends 42-man Delegation To Buhari

Obama Sends 42-man Delegation To Buhari

In what looks like a reaction to the perceived romance between Nigeria and China, the U.S. President, Barack Obama has sent a 42-member high-powered delegation to Nigeria, in their words, in support of the three priority areas of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Those areas, according to Ms Samantha Power who led of the delegation are security, economy and governance.

Referring to Onyeama, she said “As you indicated, Obama has sent me and members of his cabinet to lead an inter-agency delegation to Nigeria. It will include dealing with Boko Haram, trade, economic development, the strengthening of institutions and the fight that you the country is waging against corruption. All of these are intrinsically central for the people of Nigeria who want to live in a secured environment and dignity and have maximum opportunity. And there are a number of issues which I look forward to discussing with you; that’s how we move forward in stronger ways,” she said.

She went ahead to commend Nigeria’s contributions to regional and global peace especially her efforts at the UN Security Council.

“I’ve had the privilege of serving in 2014-2014 with Nigeria on the UN Security Council when you held one of the non-Permanent seats. I can tell you how important our relationship was on the Security Council, how much constructive work we did together. You had a tremendous team in New York and I continue to work with them every day. When U.S. and Nigeria stand together, whether it’s here or in an organisation like the UN, as I said earlier, the sky is the limit,” she added.