Nigeria - US relations should be based on trust – Osinbajo

Nigeria’s Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa while receiving the Commander of the US-Africa Command, General Thomas D. Waldhauser and the American Ambassador in Nigeria, Honorable W. Stuart Symington said the time has come for both Nigeria and the United States to deepen the long-standing relationship between the countries based on mutual trust.

This is contained in a statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Acting President Laolu Akande.

The Acting President stated; “We will be very open and willing to build a relationship based on trust, so that we would benefit from it and of course our relationship as nations would benefit tremendously from it,”.

"Nigeria’s relationship with the US is a very important one and has been so for many years, even so now at a time like this for us,”

"The Federal Government is appreciative of US support over the last few year".

According to him, it is the belief of the Buhari presidency that the United States is committed to helping us with some of our challenges especially in the Northeast, explaining also that issues around human rights concerns in the country should be viewed against the context of an unusual kind of warfare with terrorists and insurgents.

“The kind of warfare we are engaged with in many ways are unprecedented for our military,”

“The US has been a reliable partner we can trust, especially from what the US has done in the past, we want to see how much more you can do for us and the region,”.

The head of the US Africa Command, General Waldhauser in his remarks expressed the readiness of the US government to accelerate its contributions.

He noted that his visit to Nigeria at this time is about developing further the friendship and trust that US and Nigeria have in common.

Ambassador Symington also speaking said 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.

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