PRESIDENT BUHARI: RELATIONSHIP WITH U.S. CRUCIAL TO SUCCESS FOR AFRICA’S BIGGEST ECONOMY | OPINION

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017.PHOTO: REUTERS/SHANNON STAPLETON

My meeting with President Donald Trump today (Monday, April 30) at the White House will provide an opportunity for reflection on the important relationship that Nigeria and the United States have forged over the last five decades of Nigeria’s democracy.

The United States was one of the first countries I visited after I was sworn in as president in 2015. It was a necessary trip, aimed at rebuilding what was at the time a troubled relationship between the two countries. I am pleased to note the success of the rapprochement; nowhere has the impact of this been more visible than in the remarkable progress we have made, with American support, in the fight against Boko Haram.

My administration came to office on the back of a three-pronged agenda; to secure the country, rebuild the economy, and to determinedly fight corruption—the biggest single threat to our development and the prosperity of our people.

In trade and investment, as in security, U.S. companies have been worthy and supportive investment partners over the last couple of years.

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