Abati who urged Nigerians to disregard the rumour that Mrs. Clinton had excluded Nigeria from the list of African countries she was billed to visit, said the American Secretary of State is expected to meet President Jonathan on how to elevate the status of US relations with Nigeria.
Abati disclosed further that he had already received a request from the American Embassy seeking for accreditation of the members of her entourage.
The president’s spokesman noted, “the reports in the media in the last few days that Clinton will not visit Nigeria because Jonathan travelled to Trinidad and Tobago as well as Jamaica are not true.
“These stories about Clinton not visiting Nigeria are not true; she is visiting the country on August 9 and will meet with the President.”
Clinton is currently on a 10-day working visit to Africa, and besides visiting Nigeria, other African countries on her itinerary include Senegal, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Malawi.
While in Nigeria, Sharpedgenews.com, a web-based news service revealed that Clinton and her Nigerian counterpart, Mr. Olugbenga Ashiru, would discuss the elevated status of US relations with Nigeria, the areas of possible cooperation in terms of challenges being faced in Nigeria.
Ashiru and Clinton, the service added, would unveil the new regime of a five-year multiple visas for the two countries’ non-immigrant travellers in the first instance.
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