Omogbehin Olushola
United States has expressed its readiness to closely monitor Nigeria’s 2027 general elections and to tie Washington’s security and financial support around religious freedom and conduct of the polls.
This was revealed on Sunday by US Congressman, Riley Moore, a Republican representing West Virginia, in an interview with NoireTV.
While reacting to questions about Nigeria’s next elections, Moore said:
“What I’d say is that we’re certainly going to be watching these results and how these elections unfold and how they’re executed. And that’s something that myself and the administration are going to be paying very close attention to,” he stated.
He firther disclosed that the US House of Representatives was considering an appropriations bill with strong and aggressive language on Nigeria.
“We’re working on Chris Smith’s bill, which obviously I’m a co-sponsor. But I’d say, more importantly, is the appropriations bill that we’re going to have on the floor,” the lawmaker said. According to him, the bill contains provisions on “the persecution of Christians and restrictions on security assistance to the government of Nigeria, and steps they have to take.
“That bill’s likely to become law. We’re about to, hopefully, pass that. And so there’s some pretty strong and aggressive language in that bill that’s going to be binding as it relates to our relationship to Nigeria moving forward.
“I continue to work with the administration on next steps that we’re going to take. I’m actually going to see President Trump tonight.
‘’I’ll be having dinner with him and some other members, so yeah, I continue to talk to him about these issues, and it’s very important to him,” Moore said.
