A DIRECTIVE from the White House has cancelled outright the
visit of United States’ (U.S.) President, Barack Obama, to Nigeria on
his second trip to the continent, informed U.S. sources have confirmed.
While some middle level State Department officials had already intimated some U.S.-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on plans to include Nigeria on the U.S. President’s stops in Africa starting from next month, senior officials of the same department have hinted the Nigerian Government of the possibility of the nation’s exclusion due to some pressing, immediate and distant concerns of their government.
Apart from the....
Baga incident, which is seen as the immediate cause of the snub, it was disclosed that White House officials were also inundated with facts on how the President Goodluck Jonathan administration has abandoned the anti-corruption fight, especially by pardoning the former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
Other instances the White House officials are said to be concerned about on matters of corruption include the controversial reports it had received regarding two important Federal Government ministries, the Petroleum Resources and Aviation.
The U.S. sources added that before last Monday’s announcement on the issue, the Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Prof. Ade Adefuye, was invited to the State Department to be formally updated on the situation at a meeting with several U.S. officials, led by the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Donald Yamamoto.
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While some middle level State Department officials had already intimated some U.S.-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on plans to include Nigeria on the U.S. President’s stops in Africa starting from next month, senior officials of the same department have hinted the Nigerian Government of the possibility of the nation’s exclusion due to some pressing, immediate and distant concerns of their government.
Apart from the....
Baga incident, which is seen as the immediate cause of the snub, it was disclosed that White House officials were also inundated with facts on how the President Goodluck Jonathan administration has abandoned the anti-corruption fight, especially by pardoning the former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
Other instances the White House officials are said to be concerned about on matters of corruption include the controversial reports it had received regarding two important Federal Government ministries, the Petroleum Resources and Aviation.
The U.S. sources added that before last Monday’s announcement on the issue, the Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Prof. Ade Adefuye, was invited to the State Department to be formally updated on the situation at a meeting with several U.S. officials, led by the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Donald Yamamoto.
Culled - Guardian
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