United States President, Barrack Obama has invited President
Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria for talks on issues bordering on
terrorists activities in the African continent among others .
Disclosing this to State House correspondents, United States
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman,
who is leading a delegation to the US-Nigeria bi-national
commission meeting, said all was set for both leaders to meet
soon and discuss issues bordering on security, governance,
education and agriculture.
According to her, while she came to the presidential villa to
deliver a letter from Obama to the Nigerian President Jonathan
who was gracious enough to accept the letter, adding that "We
look forward to working further on the basis of the letter."
She said, "The binational commission is really an invaluable
tool for both nations to work together for a strong relationship,
especially to support Nigeria as it moves forward to tackle its
challenges. Our presidents are likely to meet soon. I will leave
that announcement to the President of the United States and
the President of Nigeria.
"The issues before the bi-national commission range from
security to governance, education and agriculture. Nigeria is a
very important country, not only here on the continent, but
around the world. Nigeria has served on the Security Council of
the UN and it is likely to do so again in future.
"He is the head of the Committee on Democracy and has been
leader in so many ways, like in ECOWAS as a peace-keeper all
around the world. These are the partnerships that are
important to us. Secretary Kerry had a meeting with President
Jonathan in Addis at the AU summit, and so, we look for every
opportunity to strengthen our relationship."
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