Why Clinton is visiting on Thursday, by Adefuye.

United States Secretary of State Mrs. Clinton

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye, yesterday in Abuja said United States Secretary of State Mrs. Hilary Clinton’s visit to the country is to discuss Nigeria-U. S. bilateral relations.
He said the Nigeria–U.S Bi-National Commission had become a model for partnership with other countries.
Adefuye, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria against the backdrop of U.S Secretary of State, Mrs. Hilary Clinton’s scheduled visit to Nigeria on August 9, said Canada, Germany and other countries were using the model to partner with Nigeria on developmental programmes.
He said the BNC, established in 2010, had been “’very successful and it has been a model.
“It is working well that Canada has conducted its agreement with us based on the U.S. model and the Germans are doing a similar one with us now,” he stated.
NAN reports that the BNC covers four working areas, including Good Governance, Transparency and Integrity Working Group and the Niger Delta and Regional Security Cooperation Working Group.
Others are the Energy and Investment Working Group and the Food Security and Agriculture Working Group.
According to him, bilateral relations between both countries remain strong, contrary to rumours that it is on the decline.
Adefuye noted that the four working groups of the BNC had achieved remarkable success since the inception of the commission.
He said the U.S. Vice President, Mr. Joe Biden, had once described Nigeria as America’s anchor in Africa, owing to the cordial relations existing between both countries.
The envoy said America placed much emphasis on Nigeria and saw Nigeria as a strategic ally and that “is why the U.S. is committed to ensuring that there is political stability in the wake of security challenges in Nigeria.”