At last the President of the United States, Barack Obama, would visit Nigeria on May 28, 2013, as part of a three-nation tour of Africa.
This ends speculation of the Obama scorn with the flawed elections in 2007
that brought Umaru Yar’Adua to the Presidency.
Seen as long overdue but coming at a time when security is the
number one item on the country’s agenda, the 44th President of the
United States is expected to parley with President Jonathan on how to
tackle the niggling problems of insecurity, the economy and trade
relations between both nations.
President Obama would be interested in hearing President’s
Jonathan’s plan to control the Boko Haram insurgents who he plans to
offer amnesty, even as the sect continues to slay hundreds in their
quest to end western education in the country apart from kidnapping
foreigners for ransom.
The growing bases of Al Qaeda, a long term enemy of America and its
allies, along the Lake Chad region resulting from their recent
dislodgement from Mali may find space on their agenda.
Both men are likely to contemplate the resurgence of Niger Delta militancy, which had simmered with the granting of amnesty by former President Yar’Adua.
Both men are likely to contemplate the resurgence of Niger Delta militancy, which had simmered with the granting of amnesty by former President Yar’Adua.
On the political side, they may weigh the propriety of a Jonathan
candidacy in 2015 and the implications for democracy not only for
Nigeria, but also for the African continent as well as the implication
of good governance as exemplified by Nigeria for the stability of the
sub-region.
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