{"id":81149,"date":"2021-05-25T19:50:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81149"},"modified":"2021-05-25T19:50:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:50:38","slug":"nigeria-us-harp-on-positive-messaging-to-fight-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigeria-us-harp-on-positive-messaging-to-fight-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria, US Harp on Positive Messaging to fight insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The federal government of Nigeria and the United States of America have identified positive messaging and consensus-building among the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary as part of ways to address security challenges in the country.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThis was the hallmark of bilateral discussion between the Ambassador of the United State of America to Nigeria; Mary Beth Leonard and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Malam Abubakar Malami, SAN.<\/p>\n<p>At a meeting held at the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation in Abuja on Tuesday, the two nations emphasized the need for effective partnership in ensuring safe, secured and prosperous Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The two nations agreed that laws are meant to achieve collective peace among people and governance about improving the welfare of the majority of the people, maintaining that a holistic approach is needed in striking balance between public interest and rights of individual citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Malami expressed satisfaction with the support and mutual understanding between Nigeria and the United States of America in the fight against corruption, repatriation of looted funds and the extradition of people involved in terrorism financing.<\/p>\n<p>Responding, the US Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard expressed the willingness and determination of the United States of America to Support Nigeria in the fight against insecurity in the county.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government of Nigeria and the United States of America have identified positive messaging and consensus-building among the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary as part of ways to address security&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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