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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   ..... NATIONAL NEWS Obasanjo seeks US co-operation on security in Gulf of Guinea By Omoh Gabriel & Emma Ujah Friday, September 17, 2004 ABUJA — PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo has called for cooperation and mutual support between Nigeria and the United  States of America in the maintenance of the security of Africa’s oil-rich Gulf of Guinea in the interests of the two nations. He made the call in Abuja, yesterday, at the opening of the Nigerian-US Investment Conference organised by the Nigerian  Economic Summit Group (NESG) in collaboration with the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), a Washington-based group of  investors. “If we are going to be joint guarantors in the Gulf of Guinea, then we must be mutually supportive. Whichever way you look at it,  for us in Nigeria and the US and indeed for the economy of the world, everybody knows that the Gulf of Guinea is a major  factor. I know we need to ensure the security of the area and that was why this administration spearheaded the creation of the  Gulf of Guinea Commission. “We should have an instrument to resolve whatever issues arise among the neighbouring countries. That is what we have done in  our sea boundary with Sao Tome & Principe. We have also resolved similar boundary issues with Equatorial Guinea and very  soon we will resolve the issue with Cameroun. “We are ready to play the role expected of us and which we are playing but sometimes when we need to move, we lack some  capacity. It is therefore necessary for the US to support us so that we can move when we need to.” The president, urged the US to demonstrate its friendship by converting Nigeria’s indebtedness of less than $1 billion to a  development grant, as according to him, if the US could grant debt relief to Russia with a population of about 150 million just  like Nigeria but produces 9 million barrels of crude oil daily, as well as grant debt relief to Iran whose per capita income is six  times above that of Nigeria, there was no justifiable reason for the US not to grant the nation debt relief.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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