KEY DETAILS of US SECRETARY of STATE, ANTHONY BLINKEN’S VISIT to NIGERIA

On US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken’s visit to Nigeria:

Discussions centred around food security, pharmaceuticals, climate action, blue economy development, science and technology, security in Nigeria, and the West African region.

– The secretary expressed the readiness of United States’s firms toinvests massively in Nigeria, especially in the area of technology development.

– ⁠Already, tech giants from the US have teamed up with Nigerian partners to help meet President Bola Tinubu’s one million digital jobs initiative.

– A pledge of ⁠$45m for security was made for Nigeria and other West African countries.

– ⁠President Bola Tinubu also used the opportunity to restate the need for Nigeria to have a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

 

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