NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT COMMENCES NEGOTIATION FOR RELEASE OF ABDUCTED SCHOOL GIRLS, SAYS BUHARI

The President thanked the United States for assistance rendered in the fight against insurgency, noting that Nigerian forces are good, “but need assistance in the areas of training and equipment.”

On the 2019 poll, he pledged free and fair elections, recalling that former American Secretary of State, John Kerry, had visited before the 2015 polls, “and he told the party in government then, and those of us in opposition, to behave ourselves, and we did.”

The statement issued by Femi Adesina added further that, the visiting Secretary of State commended President Buhari on his effort in the anti-corruption war, adding that Tillerson said Nigeria was a very important country to the U.S, stressing

 “You have our support in your challenges. We will also support opportunities to expand the economy, commercial investments, and peaceful polls in 2019,”, the Secretary of State said