U.S. to invest $600 million in Nigeria in 2016. Pickthegist here...

The U.S. Government would invest 600 million dollars as development assistance to Nigeria in 2016, the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, said.
The U.S. Secretary made this known in a statement issued by the Public Affairs Unit of the U.S Embassy in Abuja on Thursday.
Mr. Kerry was quoted as saying this at a bilateral meeting between Nigerian and U.S. officials in Washington D.C.

The U.S. Secretary said “our development assistance this year will top 600 million dollars”.
“We are working closely with your leaders, the leaders of your health ministry, to halt the misery that is spread by HIV/AIDS, by malaria, and by TB,” he said.
Mr. Kerry then lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s actions in the area of security and the attempt to diversify the economy.

He said, “The U.S. is very encouraged by President Buhari’s commitment to diversify the Nigerian economy in order to make it less dependent on a single commodity for export earnings, and that means we need to develop sustainability.