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The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said this during a live-web chat with journalists in Washington. Our correspondent monitored the web chat in Abuja.

Thomas-Greenfield also said that America was not bothered that Chinese companies were fast taking over the African market from their US counterparts.

President Goodluck Jonathan had on January 7, 2014 assented to the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013 which criminalises homosexuality in the country.

On January 14 when it became public that the President had signed the bill into law, the US, Canada and the European Union openly expressed reservations over the law.

Thomas-Greenfield, who said the US had adopted the protection of the rights of same-sex people as part of its foreign policies, vowed that Washington would continue to mount and sustain pressure on Nigeria and other countries to reverse their laws against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans-gender community

She said, “As a government, it is one of the highest priorities and strongest values that discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation and gender identity is wrong. We believe human rights should be available to everybody.

“As a policy, we will continue to press the government of Nigeria as well as other governments who have provided legislation that discriminate against the LGBT community.”

Thomas-Greenfiled, who did not agree that pressuring Nigeria to reverse the anti-gay law amounted to interference, said the country and Uganda had the hardest legislation on the gay community.

She said, “This is very much a work in progress, but I think you will agree with me that the law in Nigeria really went far in discriminating against this community but also people who associate with them.

“So we will continue to press the government, to press the legislature to change these laws and provide human rights for all Nigerian people regardless of their sexual orientation.”

She, however, did not disclose if the US would impose sanctions on the countries with anti-gay laws to achieve its objectives.

Thomas-Greenfield was optimistic that the U.S would win the fight to protect the LGBT community.

She said, “With what is happening in the US, you can determine how far we are willing to go. We strongly believe human rights for all people and we are particularly opposed to legislation that actually targets the gay community for discrimination. So we are prepared to push this as a policy not just in Africa but across the world.


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Make dem come reverse am na. Shebi Na dem get country. mtcheeeeew


JacksparrowSneh

Cc lalasticlala

I smell FP....

Nyways screw the USA!I'm freaking naija wud never bow to any bullshit pressure!

dats d only thing i respect gej for

asides DAT he was a nanamoon

No source?

America must be very stoopid to think they can impose their very corrupt way of life on Africa.

The Nigerian president that will work to reverse that anti-gay law is not yet born.

Abeg who get Obama number? I wanna f**k the guy ....... Devil incarnate!!!

PassingShot:
No source?

America must be very stoopid to think they can impose their very corrupt way of life on Africa.

The Nigerian president that will work to reverse that anti-gay law is not yet born.

Sauce added with maggi

How does it even feel poking ur fellow Man, nawa ooo

A satanist speaking for Satanism. She and her western cohorrts we die trying to make Nigeria reverse its stance on this rape on nature. If Nigeria Goodluck, a christian, didn't do it, certainly a Nigerria under Buhari, a muslim, won't even want to hear of it.

So lets see how this pathetic sons of Lucifer would bring about their evil intentions regarding Nigeria and the likes pf Uganda.

Nonesense!

We will reverse the law ONLY AFTER Barak Obama had married President Mugabe.

The thunder that will fire and scatter USA is still doing press up and carrying dumbells to better its strike power.

United states are the ones behind boko haram