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We Have Confidence In Osinbajo – US, UK by alizma: 1:06pm On May 14, 2017 |
The United States of America and the United Kingdom have expressed no doubt in the ability and commitment of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to continue with the anti - corruption war and economic revival in Nigeria . The two countries told SUNDAY PUNCH on Friday that they have confidence in Osinbajo to carry on with the quality leadership President Muhammadu Buhari has been providing the country . This is coming on the heels of public outrage and fears expressed by Nigerians over Buhari ’ s deteriorating health and continued absence from public . The President left for the UK last Sunday to receive medical attention and he is expected to be there for an indefinite time , according to his media aide, Femi Adesina . In his last medical trip to Britain , Buhari was away for 49 days . In the last few weeks , some prominent Nigerians had expressed angst over a cabal that has purpotedly hijacked power in the Presidency due to Buhari ’ s protracted illness, leaving Osinbajo in the cold. The US and the UK , however , told SUNDAY PUNCH that they believe the VP would take off from where the President stopped when he jetted out of the country to the UK for further medical attention . When asked by our correspondent if the US Government was worried that Buhari ’ s poor health could slow down ongoing anti - corruption war in Nigeria , the spokesman for the US Embassy in Nigeria , Russell Brooks , said President Donald Trump’ s administration believed in Buhari and Osinbajo. Brooks said , “ We are very much in favour of President ( Muhammadu ) Buhari ’ s campaign against corruption . We also believe that Acting President ( Yemi ) Osinbajo is strongly committed to this agenda and will continue to pursue it while President Buhari is out of the country. ” Speaking in a similar vein, the spokesman for the UK High Commission in Nigeria , Joseph Abuku , stated that while the British Government could not comment on whether any crisis resulting from Buhari ’ s protracted ill- health would lead Nigeria into political instability, he said the UK had confidence in the President and his deputy. “ The Vice President is acting President in President ( Muhammadu ) Buhari ’ s absence . The United Kingdom has full confidence in both he ( Osinbajo) and President Buhari . Questions on President Buhari ’ s health should be directed to his office , ” Abuku told SUNDAY PUNCH . Concerning Buhari ’ s return to the UK to continue his medical treatment , Brooks stated that the US looked forward to the President ’ s return to the country. “ Again , we wish President Buhari good health and a speedy return to his homeland , ” he said . Recently , the US had praised the Buhari administration ’ s current agenda of fighting insecurity and corruption , noting that it agrees with Trump’ s plan of dealing with such issues on the African continent . Speaking last week during a special briefing in Washington , the Deputy Director , Office of West African Affairs , Bureau of African Affairs , Nathan Holt, told journalists that the country was a critical US partner . “ Nigeria matters to us because it’ s Africa ’ s most populous country , and depending on the price of oil, it’ s either the biggest or the second biggest economy on the continent . “ With a current population of 182 million , Nigeria is projected to grow to over 400 million over the next few decades , which will leave it by the middle of this century as the fourth-largest country in the world, ” Holt said . When asked about America ’ s continued support for the country in view of President Donald Trump’ s rhetoric to cut foreign aids to Nigeria and other African countries , Holt said , “ I ’ m not the person who can answer your questions about the future of the US Government budget . ” |
Re: We Have Confidence In Osinbajo – US, UK by PapaBrowne(m): 1:13pm On May 14, 2017 |
Me sef, I have confidence in Osibanjo. Buhari should just resign already. |
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