#nigerians

The #President of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, has invited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to visit #Singapore as the country seeks to strengthen its relationship and deepen cooperation with #Nigeria.

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement by the Nigerian Mission House at the United Nations, New York.

Ibrahim said Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, visited the Nigerian Permanent Mission House, where he delivered a letter from President Shanmugaratnam inviting Tinubu to Singapore.

Gafoor also congratulated Ibrahim on his emergence as Chairman of two prominent UN committees—the Fifth Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Matters and, more recently, the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, also known as the Committee of 34 or C-34.

Receiving the letter, Ibrahim thanked Gafoor for the invitation and assured the people and government of Singapore that #Tinubu would find time to visit the country in the nearest future.

He said the President’s economic reforms had attracted international attention and generated interest from countries such as Singapore in sharing experiences with Nigeria, particularly on multilateralism and national development.

Ibrahim compared the boldness of Tinubu’s reforms with the transformation associated with Singapore’s first Prime Minister, the late Lee Kuan Yew.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is making bold economic reforms like the first Prime Minister of Singapore , Lee Kuan Yew. His achievements are enviable and continue to generate concern to countries like Singapore to share experience in multilateralism,” Ibrahim said.

He said Tinubu holds President Tharman in high esteem and congratulated Singapore on the reforms that transformed the country.

According to Ibrahim, Nigeria is also undergoing reforms aimed at transforming the country into a modern contemporary state where the interests of everyone would be protected and Nigerians would begin to enjoy a viable economic proposition.

“Nigeria is currently going through reform in order to transform herself to a modern contemporary state, where interests of everyone is protected and #Nigerians begin to enjoy a viable proposition,” he said.

Ibrahim also disclosed that his office at the United Nations had witnessed increased diplomatic engagements in recent weeks.

He said the British Ambassador to the #UN visited him last week, followed by the Ambassador of Guyana a few days later, before Gafoor’s visit.

The envoy said his leadership of the UN committees would be guided by fairness, accountability and efficiency.

On the Fifth Committee, Ibrahim assured member states of equitable treatment in the allocation of resources.

“I will be fair to all in allocation of resources under the Fifth Committee, and every country will have a say. The United Nations will be impartial to member states under the reform of accountability and efficiency,” he said.

The Fifth Committee is responsible for the administrative and budgetary matters of the United Nations, while the C-34 deals with issues relating to UN peacekeeping operations. #Azatell #nigerianews #azatellnews #latestnews

On President #Tinubu files, Nigerians need to understand the United States doesn't work like #Nigeria. With all our flaws, we still have transparency and the rule of law. I’m not saying it is perfect, but it's strong.

So in this case, nobody paid the #FBI or #CIA or the judge or #Trump to block the release of the files. The legal reason they are stating is valid (not saying it's accurate, but it is plausible): Release of the files would endanger lives -- likely either informant(s) or undercover agents. That's the question on the table before the judge now.

And since that is the question, what is the answer? Whose life or lives are they afraid will be threatened if this information comes out? Seeing that we're 33 years later, there's zero chance it's an undercover operative. So it's a snitch. A rat.

And who is the one fighting the release? Tinubu himself. So it stands to reason that the way he got out of the heroin #trafficking charges back in 1993 was not just forfeiting the $460k, but also ratting out others in the network.

This was a big operation, reaching into the South East Asian underworld -- where people in power then are still in power now.

Not long after Tinubu left the US, the US attacked those networks. Was it based on information Tinubu provided? If so, then yes, releasing the files may well put his life in danger.

Did he turn over names of prominent #Nigerians too? People who may back him now #politically, unwittingly? That could prove fatal for him, too.

This is my working theory: BAT is a RAT.