Nigeria’s Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, said modalities for the exchange
of visits between Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Barack Obama formed part of
his discussion with U.S. Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry.
He told newsmen shortly after a closed door meeting
with the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, that the two presidents would
exchange visits.
The minister did not give further details of the
proposed exchange of visits. “I was able to brief him (Kerry) on the
development in Nigeria, on what we are doing to revamp the economy, to
reposition all the strategic sectors, agriculture, power, energy, petroleum,
transportation and development of infrastructure in the country.
And that we are doing very well, our programme is
on course and I also expressed thanks to him for what they (U.S.) are doing,
the investment flowing into the country from the USA, especially in agriculture
and the power sector.
“All these programmes and investment will help to
create jobs for our people in the country, particularly for the teeming youths
of our country.” The minister emphasised that Kerry noted that Nigeria was U.S.
strategic partner and that it would continue to support Nigeria in tackling the
Boko Haram insurgency.
Ashiru said the U.S. Secretary described the
activities of Boko Haram as challenges Nigeria must face, adding that the
government was doing its best.
“But I thank him for the support they have given us
in the past. Then, we discussed the situation in Mali; we are unified in our
belief that we must not allow any part of that sub region to destabilise our
country or the region,’’ he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment