Ben Bruce meets America’s senator, seeks better US-Nigeria relationships



September 24, 2015 at 2:50 pm in News
The Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben
Murray Bruce has met ranking California
Senator in the US Senate, Dianne Feinstein,
with a call for better US-Nigeria relationships.
The #Commonsense proponent and his
highly-ranked Democrat counterpart met in
California, where they collaborated to promote
US-Nigeria relationships, according to
information from Senator Bruce’s office.
“Senator Dianne Feinstein @SenFeinstein and
I promoting US-Nigeria relationship in Los
Angeles with a friendly kiss,” Bruce posted on
his Twitter handle.
The United States is Nigeria’s greatest trading
partner and is undeniably its most important
diplomatic partner.
An estimated one million Nigerians and
Nigerian Americans live, study, and work in
the United States, while over 25,000
Americans live and work in Nigeria.
Nigeria is consistently a pro-America nation.
According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership
Report, 77% of Nigerians approve of U.S.
leadership, with 9% disapproving and 14%
uncertain, and according to a 2013 BBC World
Service Poll, 59% of Nigerians view U.S.
influence positively, with 29% expressing a
negative view. According to a 2014 Global
Opinion Poll, 69% of Nigerians view the U.S.
favorably.