Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the newly elected President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, to help Nigeria war on terror and insurgency.
He also urged Biden to help strengthen US ties with Nigeria by providing every type of support required to win the nations war against the insurgency threatening the peace of the country.
Atiku, who disclosed this in his ‘Message of goodwill To President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’, on Thursday, also prayed Biden to remove the travel restrictions placed on some Nigerians by the country.
Atiku, who is also the Presidential candidate of the 2019 general election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said, “As President Joe Biden begins his tenure as the 46th President of the United States of America, I am confident that this new era will mark America’s regeneration and her reaffirmation as the beacon of democracy to the world.
“As I congratulate President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, I urge them and their administration to strengthen US-Nigeria ties, and help our beloved nation’s war on terror by providing every type of support required to win our war against the insurgency we face and that threatens the peace of our sub-region.
“I also look forward to the removal of every travel restriction on Nigerian citizens, in keeping with the good relations that has existed between our two nations, beginning with the July 27, 1961 state visit of our first Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, to President John F Kennedy, and continuing over the decades since then.
“As the playwright, George Bernard Shaw once said, America and Nigeria are two nations divided by a common language. And millions of Nigerians and I wish to see that relationship sustained to the mutual benefit of both our democratic nations.
“Congratulations once again and may God bless both our nations and bring about a beneficial tenure for your administration.”
InsideOjodu reported that Joe Biden was on Wednesday sworn in as the 46th President of the United States at a scaled-down ceremony in Washington DC.