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President Bush will welcome Umaru Yar'Adua, Pr...Read the full article.

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“This visit will provide an opportunity for the President to be briefed by President Yar’Adua on his experiences during his first six months in office."

Who the hell is Nigeria reporting to? This patronising attitude must stop. Yeye dey boom.

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"This visit will provide an opportunity for the President to be briefed by President Yar'Adua on his experiences during his first six months in office."

When did American become Headmaster and Yar'Adua the obedient scholar? Is Nigeria being teleprogrammed by the USA?

Who knows if this in not a grand plan between OBJ & Bush (America) ...put a yes boy there and you will not be probed syndrome!

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so dt africom could be forced down his throat yara do nothing better not mortgage the future of the black race in order to keep his illegit government we are watching n asking the real meaning n intention of africom

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every patriotic Nigerian ought to be outraged by the wording of that press release. Does Gordon Brown, Andrea Merkel or Vladimin Putin "brief" president Bush when they visit him or do they have "bi-lateral discussions" on matters of importance between both countries. The word brief denotes an underling reporting to his principal not a discussion between two soverign heads of state. This is the kind of arrogant paternalistic attitude that has cost the US the respect of the international community. Needless to say, Africom would be high on the agenda and not darfur (lets not kid ourselves). Yaradua would be stupid to buckle to the bragadoccio of president bush. I look with interest to see what the meeting would yield. It is also noteworthy that the visit is not even a state visit in which full honours are rendered to the visiting head of state. 3 different US presidents (bush included) have been honoured with state visits to Nigeria and not 1 US president has thought it fit to honour Nigeria with a state invitation. shameful really.

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This is the problem with all African countries. We always think we need the approval of the west. Why should a whole president of a country, brief another president.

He needs to brief the Nigerian people of what he has accomplished for the past six months. Why is he even going to visit Bush? why can't Bush come to Nigeria.

Well this doesn't suprise me, considering that Yaruda's press Secretary came to the U.S to learn from Tony Snow how to do his job http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/board/images/smilies/mad.gif
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US have the guts to say what they like because they know the government of Yaradua is illegitimate. He is only invited at all in the first place because US needs our oil so bad.

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I am equally saddened by the deprecating suggestion of the official White House Press Release regarding the visit of the Nigeria President, to the effect that Yar-Adua shall "brief" the American President. Someone in President Yar-Adua's office and the Nigeria Embassy in Washington are sleeping on the job. I am aware that diplomatic protocol insists that such press releases are given prior approval by the press offices of both leaders.

The reality however is that the innuendo those words convey capture the truth underlying international power structure after the collapse of the Soviet Union: World leaders brief the president of the United States.

For me however, the issue is that President Yar-Adua still has not found his voice, six months into his administration. His presidency has yet to be defined. Aso Rock is still in a flux. The direction of this administration ought to have been clearly defined within the first six months in office. I wonder what "briefing" President Bush will get that Nigerians are not privy to.

Due to the obvious lack of defined international goals by president Yar-Adua, i shall presume to offer some gratuitous agenda for his visit to America:

1. Nigeria needs to fire some flanks to world leaders that we may need to re-negotiate the price of petroleum drilling contracts we entered into with the multi-national oil corporations. Those prices were negotiated when petroleum was selling for $20 per barrel. It now sells for close to a $100 per barrel. Nothing will unsettle the White House more than a hint that her 5th largest supplier of crude wishes to tinker with the price. Our royalty checks should reflect these windfalls in the petroleum sector. Venezuela, Columbia, Angola, Cameroun,et al, have done so.

2. Item 1. above could be used as a negotiating chip to urge the West, led by the U.S.A., to stop the handout given to Africa in form of aid packages, and to support a wholelistic development plan along the line of the Marshall Plan for Europe in 1947. In 1947, America single-handedly spent more than $13 billion to rebuild the infrastructures in europe and to kickstart their economy. In Africa, they throw us crumps which get eaten up in red tapes and consultants fees. This is unacceptable. MKO came close to that plan when he boldly campaigned for Reparations for Africa. I understand that the presidential spokesperson argued recently in Germany for a Marshall Plan for Africa. Segun Adeniyi lacks the clout to make that argument. No major newswire carried that story. President Yar-Adua should.

3. The conflicts in Darfur, Rwanda, Sierra-Leone and other parts of Africa present considerable humanitarian challenge for the continent and the world. However these conflicts do not present any significant threat to the national security of Nigeria. Accordingly, we should reduce our involvement in these theatres. If however the USA wishes to urge Nigeria to use her clout to maintain balance in the continent, I suggest Yar-Adua should urge the USA to support Nigeria's bid for a seat in the UN Security Council. It is unconscionable that the African continent does not have a permanent seat in the UN Security Council.

I do not wish to burden the president's agenda. The above will suffice.

I am convinced that the only way Yar-Adua can begin to make himself relevant in international discourse is to speak out loud and clear and to flex Nigeria's muscle. And if possible, demand that the rules of the game be re-defined.

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2. Item 1. above could be used as a negotiating chip to urge the West, led by the U.S.A., to stop the handout given to Africa in form of aid packages, and to support a wholelistic development plan along the line of the Marshall Plan for Europe in 1947. In 1947, America single-handedly spent more than $13 billion to rebuild the infrastructures in europe and to kickstart their economy. In Africa, they throw us crumps which get eaten up in red tapes and consultants fees. This is unacceptable. MKO came close to that plan when he boldly campaigned for Reparations for Africa. I understand that the presidential spokesperson argued recently in Germany for a Marshall Plan for Africa.

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udokaamah, listen very well...even if the world gives you naija-people all the money for dis world you'll not, i repeat, you will not achieve nada with it...now go figure whys!

make you tell us wetin you do with 400 billions dollars wey you earn from oil...di point bi say you are not educated enough or do you think say cos you fit blow english grammar here na Education..,.now you go figure, again!

am out of here - of dis thread!:cool:

ps: go up there and read very very slowly di rub-bish you wrote, think deeply, maybe you go see whys education no bi grammar...au revoir!

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I am convinced that the only way Yar-Adua can begin to make himself relevant in international discourse is to speak out loud and clear and to flex Nigeria's muscle. And if possible, demand that the rules of the game be re-defined.

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Mr Udokamah, Your president gat no liver and you know why. He has to solve first, the simple immediate problem which is a new free and fair election. Then we will have to manage well the little revenue we have within the rule of law and without corruption before talking about the rest things you mentioned.