Trump Hails Buhari For Fighting ‘Massive Corruption’, Terrorism
United States President Donald Trump has
hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fighting corruption and terrorism in
Nigeria.
The US President said this on Monday when
both leaders were addressing a press conference after their meeting in the
White House.
“Nigeria has a reputation for very massive
corruption. I also know that the President (Buhari) has been able to cut that
down very substantially. We talked about that, he is working on it and they
have made a lot of progress and I think they will continue to make a lot of
progress,” Trump said.
Trump said this cut down on corruption in
Nigeria will attract investors from the US to Nigeria.
“We have a lot of people in this country that
invests in Nigeria, so cutting down on that corruption element and a corrupt
element is very important to us and the President (Buhari) will be able to do
that,” he added.
He also recognised Nigeria’s effort in its
fight against terrorism and promised to support the country in that regard.
“Nigeria is one of the first African nation
to join the coalition to defeat ISIS and Nigerian forces are currently leading
regional efforts to defeat ISIS in West Africa and doing very well as we have.
Nigeria is also leading Africa in the fight against Boko Haram,” he said.
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