He said that he had just concluded a visit to all the geo-political zones of the country and has concluded that “Nigeria is one of the greatest countries in the world with the potential to change the world.”
Ambassador Symington spoke today, Wednesday, when he and the Commander of the US-Africa Command, General Thomas D. Waldhauser visited Nigerian acting President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This was even as General Waldhauser expressed the readiness of the US government to accelerate its contributions to the peace and development of Nigeria.
According to him, there is a sense that “we want to get on and solve the problem,” adding that his visit to Nigeria at this time is about developing further, the friendship and trust that the two countries have in common.
Acting President Osinbajo told the visitors that Nigeria is very open and willing to build a relationship with the US based on trust, “so that we would benefit from it and of course our relationship as nations would benefit tremendously from it.”
He said that Nigeria’s relationship with the US is a very important and that it has been so for many years.
Osinbajo said that Nigerian government is appreciative of US support over the last few years, adding that it is the belief of the Buhari presidency that the United States is committed to helping on the security challenges in the Northeast.
“The kind of warfare we are engaged with in many ways, are unprecedented for our military.”
The Acting President said that the sheer brutality and mindlessness of terrorists who are prepared to kill children in their sleep, abduct girls and prepared to die, even using teenage girls as suicide bombers is enormous. [myad]
