ADELEKE ADESANYA
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has reached out to the US newly inaugurated President Joe Biden to help Nigeria to overcome her security challenges.
Atiku in a statement to congratulate Biden on his inauguration as the 46th president of the US, said America will experience new democracy under Biden.
He, however, implored Biden presidency to strengthen US ties with Nigeria and help to fight insurgency.
Atiku’s statement read, “As Joe Biden begins his tenure as the 46th President of the United States of America, I am confident that this new era will mark America’s regeneration and her reaffirmation as the beacon of democracy to the world.
“As I congratulate President Biden and VP Kamala Harris, I urge them and their administration to strengthen US-Nigeria ties and help our beloved nation’s war on terror by providing every type of support required to win our war against the insurgency we face.
“I also look forward to the removal of every travel restriction on Nigerian citizens, in keeping with the good relations that have existed between our two nations beginning with the July 27, 1961 state visit of our first Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, to President John F. Kennedy, and continuing over the decades since then.
“As the playwright, George Bernard Shaw once said, America and Nigeria are two nations divided by a common language. And millions of Nigerians and I wish to see that relationship sustained to the mutual benefit of both our democratic nations.
“Congratulations once again and may God bless both our nations and bring about a beneficial tenure for your administration.”