Atiku urges Biden to remove travel restriction on Nigerian citizens

The former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the largest opposition party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has congratulated President Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States.

Atiku in a tweet urged President Biden to help Nigeria fight the war on terror, pleading with the Biden-led administration to remove "every travel restriction on Nigerian citizens."

Reaffirming his confidence in the Biden era, Atiku said: "I am confident that this new era will mark America’s regeneration and her reaffirmation as the beacon of democracy to the world".

Read the tweet below

“As Joe Biden begins his tenure as the 46th President of the United States of America, I am confident that this new era will mark America’s regeneration and her reaffirmation as the beacon of democracy to the world.

“As I congratulate President Biden and VP Kamala Harris, I urge them and their administration to strengthen US-Nigeria ties and help our beloved nation’s war on terror by providing every type of support required to win our war against the insurgency we face.

“I also look forward to the removal of every travel restriction on Nigerian citizens, in keeping with the good relations that have existed between our two nations beginning with the July 27, 1961 state visit of our first Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, to President John F. Kennedy, and continuing over the decades since then.

“As the playwright, George Bernard Shaw once said, America and Nigeria are two nations divided by a common language. And millions of Nigerians and I wish to see that relationship sustained to the mutual benefit of both our democratic nations.

“Congratulations once again and may God bless both our nations and bring about a beneficial tenure for your administration.”

As @POTUS, @JoeBiden begins his tenure as the 46th President of the United States of America, I am confident that this new era will mark America's regeneration and her reaffirmation as the beacon of democracy to the world.

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) January 21, 2021

As I congratulate President Biden and @VP, @KamalaHarris , I urge them and their administration to strengthen US-Nigeria ties, and help our beloved nation’s war on terror by providing every type of support required to win our war against the insurgency we face.

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) January 21, 2021

I also look forward to the removal of every travel restriction on Nigerian citizens, in keeping with the good relations that has existed between our two nations...

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) January 21, 2021