U.S., UK, Saudi Arabia, others pledge support for Tinubu

The United Kingdom, United States, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Brazil, South Korea, Israel, Cape Verde, Somalia, and Nicaragua have congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his inauguration as the 16th President of Nigeria.

The countries also declared their readiness to work with Tinubu.

This was contained in a statement issued by Tinubu’s media aide, Tunde Rahman, on Monday, May 29.

Rahman noted that the new UK High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, while congratulating President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday, presented letters from British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak; King Charles III; and Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

He disclosed that the U.S. delegation led by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia L. Fudge, paid a courtesy call on the President and had a brief bilateral discussion with him.

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Rahman stated that the South Korean delegation also had bilateral discussions with Tinubu.

He revealed that the delegation, while delivering a letter of invitation from South Korean, President, Yoon Suk Yeol, for Tinubu to visit the country soon, also sought increase relations between the two countries.

He added that the Saudi Arabian delegation equally delivered a goodwill message from the Saudi Royal House to the President.

According to him, a special envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, also paid a call on Tinubu and extended a hand of support and fellowship.

Rahman disclosed that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sent a delegation which met with Tinubu and expressed willingness to work with the country in the area of fin-tech.

He listed others who met with the President and pledged cooperation with Nigeria to include delegations from Brazil, Somali, Cape Verde, and Nicaragua.

The Star