PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it’s a great
pleasure to welcome President Buhari
and his delegation here to the Oval
Office for his first visit since the
historic election that took place.
Nigeria is obviously one of the
important countries in the world and
one of the most important countries in
the African continent. Recently, we saw
an election in which a peaceful
transition to a new government took
place. And it was an affirmation of
Nigeria’s commitment to democracy, a
recognition that although Nigeria is a
big country and a diverse country with
many different parts, nevertheless the
people of Nigeria understand that only
through a peaceful political process can
change take place.
President Buhari comes into office with
a reputation for integrity and a very
clear agenda, and that is to make sure
that he is bringing safety and security
and peace to his country.
He’s very concerned about the spread
of Boko Haram and the violence that’s
taken place there, and the atrocities
that they’ve carried out, and has a very
clear agenda in defeating Boko Haram
and extremists of all sorts inside of his
country. And he has a very clear
agenda with respect to rooting out the
corruption that too often has held back
the economic growth and prosperity of
his country.
On both these issues, we’re looking
forward to hearing more about his
plans and how the United States can
partner with Nigeria so that Nigeria
ends up being an anchor not only of
prosperity and stability in the eastern
part of the continent, but can also be
an outstanding role model for
developing countries around the world.
And we very much look forward to
talking about security issues, how we can cooperate
on counterterrorism. We’re looking forward to
discussing how we can be helpful in addressing some
of the corruption issues that have held Nigeria back,
and unleashing the incredible talent of the Nigerian
people. We all recognize that some of the best
businesspeople in the world are from Nigeria, and
they thrive as they travel to other countries, but we
want to make sure that they’re also helping folks
thrive in Nigeria.
We’re also going to have an opportunity to talk about
some of the other areas where Nigeria has taken
leadership — in public health issues, fighting
tragedies like Ebola. Nigeria has an outstanding track
record working with us to eradicate polio, and that
gives us a framework and a template to continue to
work on public health issues throughout the western
part of Africa, as well as throughout the
subcontinent.
We’ll have a chance to talk about issues of climate
change, electrification. As many of you know, Power
Africa is one of our top priorities, making sure that
we’re electrifying the continent so that it can grow
faster and more people have access to the power that
they need.
So we’ve got a busy agenda, but I want to emphasize
how much I appreciate President Buhari’s work so
far. I’m looking forward to seeing him put together
his team so that we can do everything that we can to
help him succeed and help the people of Nigeria
succeed. Because if they’re successful and doing well,
that will have a ripple effect not only in West Africa,
but throughout the world.
So thank you very much.
Mr. President.
PRESIDENT BUHARI: Nigeria will remain ever
grateful to President Obama and the United States for
making Nigeria to consolidate its gains on a
democratic system. The visit of the Secretary of State,
when he visited Nigeria to see the President and the
whole government of Nigeria, see the Chairman of
Independent National Electoral Commission for
Nigeria, and saw the operation was very clear and a
positive trend that saw us through for this credible
election we had.
And the maintenance of pressure by the United
States, mainly, and Europe, to make sure that the
elections were free, fair and credible led us to where
we are now. It would have been almost impossible if
the United States did not maintain the pressure on
the former Nigerian government, but they would not
accept anything less constitutional as far as the
processes of the election are concerned. We will ever
remain grateful to you because there are
fundamental objectives that are identify all of
Nigeria’s people’s Congress — security, economy,
employment especially of youth, and then fighting
corruption.
We are extremely happy that the United States had
made it absolutely clear before the election that they
are prepared to help Nigeria in this aspect. And this
is why I am here, and I am very grateful for the
invitation Mr. President extended to me.
Thank you very much, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much.
QUEST ION FROM A JOURNALIST: Mr. President, the
Security Council approved the deal (Iran). Will that
help you in Congress?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I think it will send a clear
message that the overwhelming number of countries
who not only participated in the deal, the P5+1, but
who have observed what’s happened, recognize that
this is by far our strongest approach to ensuring that
Iran does not get a nuclear weapon. There is broad
international consensus around this issue — not just
among the international community, but also among
experts in nuclear proliferation. And my working
assumption is that Congress will pay attention to the
broad-based consensus.
Source: www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/187005-full-text-of-joint-press-briefing-by-presidents-buhari-obama.html#.Va1W53bWpCI.mailto

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donholy28:
I know say this na interpreted version of buharis speech

Loooooooooool, i dnt tink so sha.... altho' na my role model oo, e still tabon somwia in dat speech!

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