Ahmedinejad is coming to Nigeria this weekend. What he is coming here to do when he is being hounded by the UN, I don't know.
Anyway, Nigeria is now in charge of the UN security council. He is probably visiting to seek our support to help prevent the UN's sledgehammer.

He claims to be coming for a meeting of D8 heads of state. Nigeria is a member of the D8. The term D8 refers to Developing 8. It was PURPORTEDLY formed in the same light as the G8- Group of 8 Industrailised countries. Members of the D8 include- Indonesia, Turkey, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Iran, Nigeria, Egypt and Pakistan. All the countries have huge Islamic populations.


Sanusi would be hosting the CBN Governors of the D8 countries and I'm pretty sure their main discussion would bother on harnessing Islamic Finance which in my opinion is OK. However, while the other countries have predominantly Muslim populations, Nigeria is split btw Muslims and Christians and is a hotbed for religious violence.

Lets see how all these play out. The US would definitely frown at Ahmedinejad's presence in Nigeria. Secondly, I doubt other heads of state of D8 countriues would be present.

Links
More info about D8: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_8_Countries

http://www.developing8.org/index.php

[size=14pt]Iranian president to visit Nigeria as W. African nation assumes UN security council presidency[/size]



LAGOS, Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Nigeria this weekend as the West African nation assumes the rotating presidency of the United Nations' security council, an Iranian diplomat said Thursday.

Ahmadinejad's visit to Nigeria comes after the leader made similar visits to Uganda and Zimbabwe in April, as the pariah Middle Eastern nation tries to build alliances against stronger U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program.

Khosrow Rezazadeh, Iran's ambassador to Nigeria, on Thursday confirmed Ahmadinejad's planned visit, but declined to offer further details. Nigeria's foreign ministry also declined to tell reporters about Ahmadinejad's plans, though his arrival comes as Nigeria's capital, Abuja, is scheduled to host a conference for a group of developing countries known as the D-8.

Nigeria took over the presidency of the U.N. security council on Thursday. As president, Nigeria's U.N. Ambassador Joy Ogwu will serve as the ceremonial head of the 15-member body. She also will be able to set the council's schedule and lead mediation on any crisis during Nigeria's monthlong tenure.

Nigeria last served on the security council in 1994-95.

The U.N. put new sanctions in place against Iran in June over its nuclear program. Among the new restrictions, the sanctions freeze assets of new organizations linked to Iran's government, bans the nation from pursuing "any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons" and bars it from investing in uranium mining.

Ahmadinejad responded by vowing retaliation if Iran's ships are searched over suspicions that the cargo may violate the new sanctions.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom criticized Nigeria on Thursday for taking over the security council presidency while religious violence continues to plague the nation. Nigeria, a nation of 150 million, is split between the Christian-dominated south and Muslim north. Hundreds have died in central Nigeria this year alone in sectarian fighting.

The bipartisan U.S. government commission asked other members of the security council to pressure Nigeria into addressing the violence.

"Nigeria's own security and stability is put at risk by a culture of unchecked and unpunished sectarian violence that gives rise to divisiveness along religious lines and repeated reprisal attacks," commission chairman Leonard Leo said in a statement. "Nigeria has the ability to prosecute perpetrators of sectarian violence, but so far lacks political will and determination to actually do so."


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/01/iranian-president-visit-nigeria-w-african-nation-assumes-security-council/

Its a wikid marabout party!!! Entertainment to be provided by Yerima and his sharia wonders!

It seems the obsession with Sanusi is not about his economic decisions. Its about his religion.

^^
dam right. . .Sanusi is more than just an economist

Akanbi_edu:

It seems the obsession with Sanusi is not about his economic decisions. Its about his religion.

Who cares about his religion? Is he the only Muslim in the FG?

It is 20% about his extreme views (which matter more to me in the context of this thread, anyway). Will you have Helen Ukpabio in the FG? Will you have a Boko Haram meathead in the FG? Will you have a potential security threat in the FG?
We do not want any sharia evangelists or marabouts in the FG. Period. It is a diverse country and our representatives must be moderate in all ways.

@beaf
u r right. . . . its just a pity dat this Sanusi guy has been given free hand over so many things

Beaf:

Who cares about his religion? Is he the only Muslim in the FG?

It is 20% about his extreme views (which matter more to me in the context of this thread, anyway). Will you have Helen Ukpabio in the FG? Will you have a Boko Haram meathead in the FG? Will you have a potential security threat in the FG?
We do not want any sharia evangelists or marabouts in the FG. Period. It is a diverse country and our representatives must be moderate in all ways.

You hypocrite just listen to yourself.

Beaf:

Its a wikid marabout party!!! Entertainment to be provided by Yerima and his sharia wonders!

Could you please explain the link between Sanusi and the statement you made above?

It is 20% about his extreme views (which matter more to me in the context of this thread, anyway). Will you have Helen Ukpabio in the FG? Will you have a Boko Haram meathead in the FG? Will you have a potential security threat in the FG?
We do not want any sharia evangelists or marabouts in the FG. Period. It is a diverse country and our representatives must be moderate in all ways.

who are you?

how has his affiliations affected the prices of goods in the open market?

dont u have a President? doesnt he know what is good or bad for the country

stop making noise

paddy_lo:

I dont think this is a big deal. . .afterall Ahmadinijad visits the USA Regularly

i wonder

@tkb417 and paddy-lo
y'all don't get it. . this guy has loads of problems facing him including a crippling economy and all he has at d back of his mind,is pursuing an islamic bank. . .is dat d solution 2 d many problems d economy is facing?This guy will go 2 any length 2 make his proposed islamic bank a reality in a diverse and multi-religious country like Nigeria. . .

Akanbi_edu:

You hypocrite just listen to yourself.

You are the hypocrite. You call yourself Anbi Edu to decieve people, but you are not Yoruba.

Akanbi_edu:

Could you please explain the link between Sanusi and the statement you made above?

If you can't see the sharia link between Yerima and Sanusi, nothing I say will reveal it to you.

philip0906:

@tkb417 and paddy-lo
y'all don't get it. . this guy has loads of problems facing him including a crippling economy and all he has at d back of his mind,is pursuing an islamic bank. . .is dat d solution 2 d many problems d economy is facing?This guy will go 2 any length 2 make his proposed islamic bank a reality in a diverse and multi-religious country like Nigeria. . .

crippling economy?
but thats not true

wait for the islamic bank to come on stream b4 u nail him; besides, will the islamic bank deprive Nigerians of their means of livelihood?
u people shd allow Sanusi to breathe o

he is not the cause of our problems

The last CBN Gov was a Christian and he didn't do a great job, Sanusi's religious leanings is the least of our problems.

Some people would go beyond the realms of human logic to exercise their stupidity prejudice.

A Central Bank Governor cannot host a foreign President.

Goodluck will host Ahmadinejad, and every Govt official will host their respective counterpart, including SLS hosting the Iranian Central Bank Governor.

Likewise Im sure that the Security advisors, Foreign Ministers, Finance Ministers etc will host their respective counterparts.

tkb417:

who are you?

how has his affiliations affected the prices of goods in the open market?

dont u have a President? doesnt he know what is good or bad for the country

stop making noise

Agberos like asking such questions.
"Who are you?" "Do you know who I am?" "I will lock you up!" . . .Wetin! You be wrestler? Charlie, na lack of civilisation be dat o! Desist!

what abt telling this trouble maker to stay in his country while we suffer our home made problems without thinking abt an additional problem.
what is that idiot coming to tell us here? maybe he wants us to join him in deleting abi wipe out isreal from the surface of the earth.

Naija don get plutonium??

He needs not to come.

I can already see another anti western ranting session.

Sanusi is A terrorist and heda of Nigerian Taliban so his brother from Iran wants to form alliance with him I am not suprise you se his forehead shows his a full taliban.