The US Ambassador to Nigeria has paid a courtesy visit to the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio
This was Senator Akpabio’s post on his verified social media handle on the visit
"Earlier today, I received in courtesy, the United States of America Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard M. Mills Jnr, where we expressed our desire for a more robust diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the United States of America.
Nigeria and America share goal of operating a democratic system as Nigeria's democracy was modelled after the American system and therefore there is the need to nurture and preserve it.
I told the Envoy, that these are very difficult times for our dear country but I'm happy that my colleagues are here and we are having this engagement.
This is a visit we have been looking forward to inorder to have an overview of the current situation between our two countries."