U.S Says Nigeria Is The Most Important Country In Africa

Of course we have always known this, but what they need to know is that important countries as Nigeria should be allowed to take decisions without interference from the Us. 

Just ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the United States, a former assistant secretary of state, Johnnie Carson, is now saying that the discussion between Nigeria and United States should not be restricted to insecurity alone because Nigeria as he said is "the most important country in Africa and must be treated as such".

According to him: "Nigeria is the most important country in Africa, now more than ever the relationship with Nigeria should not rest essentially on a security and military-to-military relationship"

Similarly, US Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken told Reuters that: "President Barack Obama has long seen Nigeria as arguably the most important strategic country in sub-Saharan Africa."

Over the years the ties between the US and Nigeria have strained because Nigerian government refused to investigate corruption allegations in the country. Blinken said "The question is would there be an opportunity to deepen our engagement and that opportunity is now"