President
Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the United
States presidential election.
Buhari’s
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said Buhari looks forward
to working together with Trump to strengthen an already-established friendly
relations between both countries, including cooperation on many shared foreign
policy priorities, such as the fight against terrorism, peace and security,
economic growth, democracy and good
governance.
“As Trump
prepares to assume the position of the President of the United States,
president Buhari extends his good wishes to him on the onerous task of leading
the world’s strongest economy,” the statement read.a
Senate
President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu have also congratulated
Trump on “his remarkable victory.”
Saraki noted
how Trump persevered in a tough primary and on the campaign trial while
Ekweremadu pledged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will support the new US
president.
“Trump
persevered through a very challenging Republican primary election cycle, where
he defeated sixteen 16 professional and well-organised candidates. While many career politicians tried to write
off Trump’s candidacy as a long shot, he stuck to his positions and controlled
the daily media, messaging like no other candidate in the history of American
Presidential campaigns.
“Additionally,
I must commend Mr. Trump for his gracious and courteous acceptance of Secretary
of State, Hillary Clinton’s phone call to concede the election. He recognises that Secretary Clinton ran a
courageous contest and was perhaps the most qualified candidate for President
in decades. Having worked with Mrs.
Clinton as a champion of the Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves, I can
personally attest to her hard work and dedication to the less fortunate in our
society. Secretary Clinton would have
been a tremendous leader and we will all miss her dedication and commitment to
public service.
“I look
forward to working with President-Elect Trump to continue the strong
U.S-Nigeria relationship and, to address our mutual interest in defeating
global terror networks, rooting out corruption and strengthening the
institutions of governance.
On his part,
Ekweremadu reiterated PDP will work assiduously with Trump.
In a statement
by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichikwu, Senator Ekweremadu said
emerging democracies, including Nigeria, must emulate the democratic and
transparent nature of the US election and noted that the will of the people and
respect for democratic principles must be allowed at all times and also,
against the backdrop that the election was not inconclusive.
Ekweremadu,
who described the election as “hard-fought”, said the two major contestants
gave a good account of themselves, however commended the candidate of the
Democratic Party, Mrs. Hilary Clinton, for calling to concede the presidency to
her rival and congratulating him on his hard-worn victory.
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