US Vice President Harris Ignores Nigeria In Week-Long Trip To Africa, To Announce $139 Million Aid For Ghana

In Accra, Ghana on Monday, she will announce a $139 million aid package for the West African country for 2024 as she meets President Nana Akufo-Addo.

Kamala Harris, the US Vice President, has kicked off her week-long trip to some countries in Africa as the country seeks to improve its relationship with the continent.

Harris shunned Nigeria when she announced the countries she would be visiting during her trip to Africa. In Accra, Ghana on Monday, she will announce a $139 million aid package for the West African country for 2024 as she meets President Nana Akufo-Addo.

Reuters reports that the US Vice President’s trip to Ghana and other African countries including Tanzania and Zambia is part of Washington's drive to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence on the African continent.

China has invested heavily in Africa in the last two decades, particularly in infrastructure, mining, timber and fishing, while Russian private military contractor Wagner Group is providing security assistance in some countries.

It was reported that earlier this month, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited Ethiopia and Niger Republic, where he announced $150 million in humanitarian aid for Africa's Sahel region.

The Reuters report added that Harris will announce a $100 million package to support conflict prevention and stabilisation efforts in Benin Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, and Togo.

“The plan is intended to address regional threats of violent extremism and instability in Coastal West Africa," the vice president's office said in a statement.

Harris’s office stated that Washington will also deploy an adviser to Ghana from its Office of Technical Assistance to help the country improve its "debt sustainability and support a competitive, dynamic government debt market."

Ghana defaulted on most of its $29 billion external debt in 2022 as interest payments and inflation soared, and it still needs to negotiate a resolution with its private international bondholders and bilateral creditors.

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Ask yourself will you visit a place full of shameless people if you are a sane person?

We cant have the current crops of leaders and expect any development.

you keep painting ourselves black in the international world.. and start wondering why the western world downtrods us. Yet someone is looking for the validation of the outside world for his so called election victory... i laugh in Efik language

If na you, will you visit a country that kills her citizen every election cycle and some urchins
say that election should be celebrated

I have never seen people win election and they are protesting.

Urchins are irredeemably shameless

Make She Go Sit Down, If She no See us, We no See her too. Wetin her coming go do? He go reduce the cost of fuel or Rice?

slimfit1:
Ask yourself will you visit a place full of shameless people if you are a sane person?

No, because of long list of certain people of Nigerian tribe peddling/trafficking drugs all across continents of the world

oga (abi na madam) be calming down... your Agbado chief has been hoping to get their validation on his so called victory... their visit go help boost the economy of the country...

SHIVA001:
Make She Go Sit Down, If She no See us, We no See her too. Wetin her coming go do? He go reduce the cost of fuel or Rice?

Who wan associate with drug dealer and Yakubu-aided mandate thief called Thiefnubuu. He will have his hands full.

Make this people they pity the masses small small .. make them no because of our leader they ignore us ..

Moreover, them know say if them bring any aid funds for us , na our leaders go carry am ..

He did just well

Which serious world leader will take a country whose President-Select is a Drug dealer??

Nigeria has lost it a long time ago.

We cant even conduct a free and fair election in 2023.

Napata77:
OP, GET RID OF YOUR INFERIORITY COMPLEX AND SLAVE MENTALITY.

OH WOW, THAT THE COUNTRY THAT HAS INVADED OR AIDED THE INVASION OF 198 OUT OF 200 COUNTRIES ON EARTH, AND RAPED, MASSACRED, AND ENSLAVED 100s OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE IN HER GREEDY QUEST FOR ALL THE WORLD'S RICHES, AND FOR DOMINATION, DID NOT STOP OVER IN NIGERIA ON HER LATEST RAMPAGING RUN OF CONQUEST, IS A MATTER TO BE HUGELY GLAD AND GRATEFUL FOR.

HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO IGNORE NIGERIA FOR ALL THE REST OF ETERNITY.

THAT WILL BE THE BLESSING OF ALL BLESSINGS.

SPIT.

First I am not pro west, and I am fully aware of the evil United Snake of Amerikkka

Second you don't know me so how can you judge me?

Third, I am one of the real black supremacist on Nairaland and I get banned often because of my anti cracker or cracka rhetoric

Four, I simply posted an article and I am not the author

If you don't get it then F**ck Off

America don't go visiting for nothing and neither do they give you money just for free. They are looking for new ways to exploit Ghana the more. Why Tanzania? They have not been in good terms with Tanzania during the reign of the late President Magufuli because he knows them and what they mean for his country, they don't mean good but now that he has gone they are now ready to visit, all thanks to that clueless woman Suhulu.... See how they will start exploiting my darling Tanzania. RIP THE GREAT JOHN POMBE MAGUFULI OF AFRICA.

That's very smart of her. Nigeria is a mess.

Please, she does not want to be assaulted by terrorists and agberos.
Nigeria is only good for Chinese to visit.
What is a woman of class doing in a country that does not recognize women as humans?

But Clinton and Bush had a lot more respect for Nigeria/Africa. US presidents used to be the one visiting Africa. Now
Obama started the tradition of snubbing Nigeria and all we get are cabinet members visiting Africa. And this one sef even snubbed Nigeria

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It doesn't matter. US is envious of Nigeria. We must note this.

chrisxxx:
It doesn't matter. US is envious of Nigeria. We must note this.

Why would they be envious of Nigeria, sir?

NO BUSINESS IN NIGERIA.

Nigeria due to bad leadership has lost the respect of major countries of the world. It started with Obama who snubbed Nigeria when he visited some African countries. We were expected to be the beacon of leadership for Africa. Unfortunately it was a huge task bestowed on the 'Giants of Africa'

What is the big deal about not visiting Nigeria. We have over 50 countries in Africa and she is visiting just 3 countries therefore what is the problem? If she is visiting all African countries and left Nigeria out then we can raise this question.

Wetin dey Ghana. Who send am?

If the US Vice President's tour in Africa excludes Nigeria, this is actually good news.
When has a President of any country in Africa ever gone on a North American tour, or a European tour, or an Asian tour?

Instead, Leaders of African countries are invited to Non-African country - Africa summits, for example US-Africa summit, Africa-France summit, Japan-Africa summit.