US President Joe Biden has praised Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu for his strategies to reform Nigeria’s economy and leadership as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore democracy in the Republic of Niger after a coup.
Biden stated this when he met Tinubu on Sunday on the sidelines of the G20 in New Delhi, India.
The US Mission in Nigeria revealed on its website highlights of Biden’s engagement with Tinubu.
It said, “President Joe Biden met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu today on the sidelines of the G20 in New Delhi, India to reinforce our enduring commitment to the U.S.-Nigeria relationship and to the longstanding friendship between our two countries and peoples. President Biden welcomed the Tinubu Administration’s steps to reform Nigeria’s economy and thanked President Tinubu for his strong leadership as the chair of the Economic Community of West African States to defend and preserve democracy and the rule of law in Niger and the broader region.”
