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Obama Phones Yar'Adua: Epic Of African
Affairs Discussion Corruption |
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November 24, 2008 United
States of America's President-elect, Senator
Barrack Obama last Thursday called President
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on phone and had extensive
discussion on a wide range of issues.
Sources close to Aso
Rock told Nigerian journalists that the phone
conversation was initiated by the US
President-elect who expressed appreciation for
the congratulatory message the Nigerian
President sent him shortly after his election
on November 5.
Obama is said to have
told Yar'Adua that his administration intends
to maintain the strong relationship US has
with Africa and Nigeria in particular.
He also discussed
several issues with Yar'Adua bordering on the
economy, social and political areas. Several
issues on Afro-US relations and common areas
of co-operation between Nigeria and the United
States were also discussed by the two leaders.
Sources noted that apart
from the general discussions, the US
President-elect expressed his desire to host
Yar'Adua in Washington after his inauguration.
Yar'Adua while
congratulating Obama shortly after the US
Presidential election was concluded stated
that: "On this epic day in the political
history of the United States of America, at
this defining moment in the evolutionary
history of the democratic world, the
government and people of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria felicitate with you on your
momentous victory at the presidential
election.
"While wishing you and
your team a successful transition, I look
forward to even more robust bilateral
relations between Nigeria and the United
States of America, and more productive
partnership between Africa and the United
States of America in the quest for a more
stable, secure, just and equitable world."
Uganda Seeks Country's
Assistance On Oil Exploration
Meanwhile, Ugandan
President, Yoweri Museveni yesterday sought
Nigeria's assistance on the exploration of the
crude oil recently discovered in his country.
The Ugandan President
who began a 3-day working visit to Nigeria
yesterday, said while addressing a joint press
conference with President Umaru Musa Yar'adua
at the State House in Abuja, that Uganda needs
to tap from Nigeria's experience in the oil
sector.
"This is because we
found some petroleum in our country last year.
We found it by ourselves, and before we bring
in foreign experts we need to develop our
local manpower in the sector. We want to take
advantage of Nigeria's experience , especially
in training our personnel at Nigeria's
Institute of Petroleum", the Ugandan leader
said.
President Museveni
praised President Yar'adua's seven-point
agenda, saying they focused on areas relevant
to the socio-economic development of Nigeria
in particular and Africa in general.
Earlier, President
Yar'adua had stated that both leaders
discussed various bilateral issues including
the global financial crisis, and the Congolese
and Sudanese crises .
President Yar'adua
restated Nigeria's desire to deploy troops to
Somalia for peace-keeping. "We pledged to
deploy one battalion for peace-keeping in
Somalia. In August, some of our military
chiefs went to Somalia to assess the situation
there, and they recommended that the battalion
should be adequately equipped. This is what we
are doing for now", the president stated. |
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