The recent designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organisations must not be used to maltreat Nigerians travelling to America on legitimate engagements, President Goodluck Jonathan has warned the United States of America.
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo who represented Jonathan gave this warning today when he received in his office, a United States delegation led by the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
Sambo also assured the delegation that the Government was doing everything possible to put an end to the security challenges in the North-eastern part of the country, stressing that apart from the military action, other measures were being taken to address the socio-economic situation in that area.
He noted that Nigerians are in full support of the actions government was taking to end the insurgency.
Sambo also informed the delegation that President Goodluck Jonathan had directed strict compliance of the rule of engagement and human rights in the efforts towards curbing the activities of the insurgents.
He further stressed that the rule of law remained the cardinal principle of the incumbent administration’s transformation agenda.
The vice president also told the delegation about the developmental strides the government was making to re-position the socio-economic status of Nigerians, especially in the areas of Agriculture, education, power supply, transportation and youth and women empowerment among other sectors of the economy.
The leader of the delegation, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said that they were in Nigeria to follow up on the discussions held between Jonathan and Barrack Obama in September.
