Nigeria's Foreign Minister Henry Odein Ajumogobia resumed talks on Wednesday with top United States government officials on a possible US visit by President Barack Obama to Nigeria soon, Empowered Newswire reports.
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Informed sources confirmed that US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and Ajumogobia would discuss a possible visit to Nigeria soon by President Obama.
For some time, the issue of a possible Obama visit to Nigeria has been a silent but constant underlay in the diplomatic exchanges between Nigeria and the US. This is, especially after then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan honoured Obama's invitation to attend the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington in April this year.
After a meeting between Jonathan and Obama, several top US government officials have visited Nigeria. The US-Nigeria Bi-National Commission has also hosted meetings in Nigeria and the US, further fuelling an improving relationship.
An authoritative source confirmed to Empowered Newswire in Washington DC that the ongoing meetings between Ajumogobia and different US government officials, including Clinton and Ambassador Johnnie Carson, the US top diplomat in charge of Africa at the State Department, would review the issue of a potential Obama visit to Nigeria.
According to the source, "Plans for Obama's visit to Nigeria are already in the pipeline and the meeting between both Clinton and Ajumogobia will solidify them."
Ajumogobia started his day on Wednesday at the influential Council for Foreign Relations and from there proceeded to meetings at the State Department.
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