Why Obama can’t visit Nigeria, by aide – The Guardian
July 3, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
President Barack Obama’s White House has now openly deemed Nigeria’s 2007 elections among polls in Africa that are “problematic.” Hence Obama will not visit Nigeria during his trip to the continent because of this issue.
During a media briefing late on Wednesday, at which senior White House officials including Michelle Gavin, Obama’s White House Senior Director for African Affairs briefed reporters about the U.S. president’s trip next week to Russia, Italy and Ghana, an American journalist from Associated Press asked “why this is so important to include Ghana on this trip?”
