Jonathan heads to US on first foreign trip – To meet President Obama

“We are making arrangements. We leave on Sunday morning or Saturday night,” Ajumogobia, told news service AFP. “The purpose of the visit is the nuclear summit. On the side of that summit, the acting president will have a chance to meet with President Obama and to discuss matters of bilateral interests,” he said. Bilateral talks […]

“We are making arrangements. We leave on Sunday morning or Saturday night,” Ajumogobia, told news service AFP.

“The purpose of the visit is the nuclear summit. On the side of that summit, the acting president will have a chance to meet with President Obama and to discuss matters of bilateral interests,” he said.

Bilateral talks between the United States and Nigeria, its fifth largest source of oil, are expected to take place on the fringes of the summit. Ajumogobia refused to disclose details of the bilateral agenda, but Jonathan on Thursday met the father of the Nigerian alleged Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. No details of the meeting between the two were released.

Jonathan has vowed that his new government will continue the policies of the ex-cabinet of President Yar’adua.