The
Nigerian opposition party congratulated Trump and urged him to strengthen
relationship between America
and Nigeria and Africa at large.
The
statement read: “We congratulate Mr. Donald J. Trump on his emergence as
President-Elect of the United
States of America after his historic victory
at the US Presidential Elections. Mr. Trump’s victory came against many odds
and shows the strength of democracy in the US .
“We commend
Secretary Hillary Clinton on her hard-fought campaigns. She showed herself as a
role model for young men, women and children all over the world.
“The
campaigns that preceded these elections has been hard fought and sometimes
fractious in a manner that has taken its toll on the American people. We urge
President-Elect Trump to move quickly and heal the divides and to reassure all
Americans, particularly its minorities, that his administration will pursue
policies and programmes that protects and promotes all their constitutional
rights and freedoms. “We also urge President-Elect Trump to quickly formulate
policies that will ensure a mutually beneficial relationship between the US and Africa in general, and Nigeria in
particular. At this time, the US
and Nigeria
must work harder to deepen mutual security and economic interests.”
Also, in a
statement to NAIJ.com, Governor Ayodele Fayose has hailed the victory of the
Republican Donald Trump in the United States presidential election, describing
it as “the beginning of a real change in Nigeria.
“Now that Trump has won, it portends hope for Nigerians that the excesses of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government will stop as the road has ended for those who conspired to impose Buhari on Nigerians,” he said.
“Now that Trump has won, it portends hope for Nigerians that the excesses of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government will stop as the road has ended for those who conspired to impose Buhari on Nigerians,” he said.
Meanwhile,
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is ready to work with the new
American president Donald Trump. Speaking in his reaction to Trump’s victory,
President Buhari also heartily congratulated the new president-elect of the United States of America.
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