A Strong Nigeria, Foundation For Strong Africa – US Envoy — Leadership Newspaper

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The United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Tibor P Nagy, has tied the survival of Africa to the most populous nation in the continent, saying a strong Nigeria is the foundation for a strong African continent.

This, he said, explains why the US government is passionate about seeing Nigeria play a larger role in the continent with her experience in regional peacekeeping and recent peaceful democratic transitions.

The US envoy spoke during a public lecture entitled, “US-African Relations: The Enduring Partnership between the United States and Nigeria”, at Baze University, Abuja.

Ambassador Nagy who was appointed US assistant secretary of state for African Affairs by US President, Donald Trump, to take charge of America’s foreign policies on Africa is on his first trip to the continent.

He chose Baze University to unveil the United States policies for Nigeria while on the trip, which he said had been a phenomenal opportunity for him to…



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