United States President, Donald Trump has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over ongoing massive fight against corruption and terrorism. Trump noted this on Monday during a joint Press Conference after a crucial meeting between them at the White House. The Conference was televised live by CNN. According to him
“Nigeria has a reputation for very massive corruption. I also know that the President (Buhari) has been able to cut that down very substantially. We talked about that, he is working on it and they have made a lot of progress and I think they will continue to make a lot of progress.
“We have a lot of people in this country that invests in Nigeria, so cutting down on that corruption element and a corrupt element is very important to us and the President (Buhari) will be able to do that,” he added.
He also applauded the administration's commitment to the fight against terrorism and promised to support the federal government to defeat terrorism.
“Nigeria is one of the first African nation to join the coalition to defeat ISIS and Nigerian forces are currently leading regional efforts to defeat ISIS in West Africa and doing very well as we have. Nigeria is also leading Africa in the fight against Boko Haram,” he added.
