kutchs:
The invitation if true goes to show how stupid and myopic the FG is. The 'lifeless' comments is just a private discussion, which Trump can deny anyway there's nothing formal about it.
Even if Trump afiirms it, what can the FG do?
Ask Trump to apologize or what?
Send the US ambassador away from Nigeria?
Close the US embassy?
Impose sanctions on the US?
Impose higher tariffs on US goods coming into Nigeria?

What can Buhari do?

SIRTee15:


How's sub Sahara derogatory....
It's a geographical location....
So what's the big issue here...

jayfolarin:


No it's not a geographical location! Absolutely not! Read and research!

The UN Development Program lists 46 of Africa’s 54 countries as “sub-Saharan,” excluding Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia. This doesn’t make geographical sense—four countries included are on the Sahara, while Eritrea is deemed “sub-Saharan” but its southern neighbor Djibouti isn’t.

The World Bank muddies the waters further, adding Sudan and Somalia to total 48 countries under the label.

Sub-sahara is clearly a derogatory and racist term and it baffles me that our journalists don't see this!! No other continent on the planet has the word SUB- as a prefix to them.. no sub-european, sub-asian, sub-american.. no absolutely not.. the term SUB is only used as a prefix to describe a location of people that were always referred to as sub-humans.. Africans! It is disgusting and appalling!

Think and think!

pcicero:
The ambassador owes you no apology. He is not responsible for Trump's comment.

As if we can even do anything to the emissary.

I bet, the most we can do is to make him do a little damage control to massage our ego.

But we know the truth, our president is truly lifeless and we should stop making excuses for him.

Did anyone see the CNN interview of Malaysian president who is older than Buhari, at least based on public records?

I was very impressed with the man's sense of awareness and grasp of issues.

I'm very sure Trump wouldn't have made such statement about Mahathir Mohammed.

Emycord:
the way i see it they may send python dance 4 to the us

Ebullience:
…US Embassy, FG Keep Mum over Trump’s ‘Buhari Lifeless’ Report by Financial Times

BY: Victoria Ojeme

ABUJA – U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, is expected to be summoned by the Federal Government over the comment allegedly made by President Donald Trump about President Muhammadu Buhari in April.

The United States Embassy in Abuja has refused to respond officially to a report in the Financial Times of London, where US President, Donald Trump was alleged to have described Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari as not only being ailing but also lifeless.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs as at the time of filing this report, kept mum over since the news broke.

The FT while reporting the planned meeting between Trump and his Kenya’s counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta billed for last Monday, claimed that Trump after meeting with Buhari last April, the first with any African leader told his aides, “he never wanted to meet someone so lifeless again”.

The Monday meeting which according to the report is part of efforts by the Trump administration to foster stronger ties with Africa is hoped would end US neglect of the continent.

Already, the White House said Uhuru Kenyatta’s Kenya was one of closest US security and trade partners in Africa.

“Donald Trump will welcome Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta to the White House on Monday for what will be only the second one-on-one meeting the US president has held with a sub-Saharan African leader since he took office last year.

“The first meeting, with Nigeria’s ailing 75-year-old Muhammadu Buhari in April, ended with the US president telling aides he never wanted to meet someone so lifeless again, according to three people familiar with the matter”, part of the report claimed.

However, when contacted, officials of the embassy declined comments on the issue. Calls to the spokesperson at the embassy, Russell Brooks, were not answered and another staff at the embassy who pleaded anonymity refused to also say anything.

On the Kenya’s President visit, the report said advocates of closer US-Africa ties hope the encounter with the much younger Kenyatta, 56, “will breathe fresh life into a relationship with a region that Washington is seen to have neglected as other countries, notably China, develop ever-closer trade and investment ties with the continent”.

Adding that, “Africa has never been high on his radar but if the big guy likes you he’ll find a way to make things work.”

Trump is widely criticised for not having an Africa policy. So it’s in his interest to have something from [meeting Kenyatta] he can present as a win.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/fg-to-summon-u-s-ambassador-over-trumps-alleged-lifeless/

SIRTee15:

There's indian sub continent...
U are just making inconsequential rant....
I wonder what a name has to do with geographical representation of a people...

kutchs:
The invitation if true goes to show how stupid and myopic the FG is. The 'lifeless' comments is just a private discussion, which Trump can deny anyway there's nothing formal about it.
Even if Trump afiirms it, what can the FG do?
Ask Trump to apologize or what?
Send the US ambassador away from Nigeria?
Close the US embassy?
Impose sanctions on the US?
Impose higher tariffs on US goods coming into Nigeria?

What can Buhari do?

BlacSmit:
You don't give prior notice before you summon an ambassador in your country. You summon them and they appear at once!

This is the first time I'm reading in the news that a country is making plans to summon an ambassador within its boarders.

#BuhariIsweak

immhotep:

sarkin and roger3d will not talk now oh

cc lzaa onyeoga pointzerom gmbuharii

Primusinterpares:
my broda the US have black mamber, anaconda, Cobra and even some deadlier dancers than 9ja so-called python dancers...


Buhari govt is as confused as the Buhari himself.

Emycord:
lifeless president of a shithole country