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Viewing cable 09ABUJA1306, NIGERIA: MISSION HOSTS TWO LIVE POTUS' ACCRA

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09ABUJA1306 2009-07-17 13:37 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Abuja
VZCZCXRO0205
PP RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHUJA #1306/01 1981337
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 171337Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY ABUJA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6587
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 2001
RUEHYD/AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE 0961
RUEHOS/AMCONSUL LAGOS 1677
RHMFISS/HQ USAFRICOM STUTTGART GE
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEKDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ABUJA 001306 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/W, INR/AA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: MISSION HOSTS TWO LIVE POTUS' ACCRA 
SPEECH EVENTS WITH ROUNDTABLES 
 
1. (U) Summary: Mission Nigeria hosted media, civil society, 
and private sector interlocutors simultaneously on July 11 in 
Abuja and Lagos to watch a live broadcast of President 
Obama's speech in Accra, Ghana.  Over 50 total participants 
attended the two events, including Ghana Consul General 
Sylvester J.K. Parker-Allotey, who also joined the Ambassador 
and ConGen for the subsequent roundtable discussion.  Both 
locations (Abuja and Lagos) also used social media through 
Microsoft Communicator for instant messaging with each other 
and with Main State in Washington, to facilitate better 
communication and the free exchange of ideas during the 
event. SMS broadcast services were used to get messages out 
before and after the event. End Summary. 
 
2. (U)  In the roundtable discussion following POTUS' live 
broadcast, several participants at both events opined that 
the speech sent a very strong message to Nigeria on electoral 
reform, free press, anti-corruption and free and fair 
elections.  In addition, there were other comments, such as 
that by Lagos activist Eneruvie Enakoko of the Civil 
Liberties Organization, who expressed disappointment with the 
USG's "double standard" and "hard line" approach taken with 
various African countries, specifically Zimbabwe and Sudan, 
while remaining largely silent on criticism of Nigeria's 
shortcomings.  However, Enakoko later suggested that the U.S. 
must toughen its approach with Nigeria if its politicians are 
to get the message, a view also shared by many others 
present. 
 
3. (SBU) Peter Eluemunor of Leadership newspaper happily 
noted the shift in focus from aid in the form of donations, 
to partnership and friendship, while echoing Obama's message 
that it was up to Africans to secure a better future for 
themselves and their societies as a whole.  His outspoken 
colleague Emmanuel Iffer applauded Obama for not visiting 
Nigeria, which he claimed would have tacitly endorsed the 
current Nigerian leadership, and added that "the speech will 
send shivers down the backs" of the old guard Nigerian 
political elite.  Iffer later proposed requiring the children 
of top politicians and civil servants to attend Nigerian 
schools rather than those abroad to see first-hand the poor 
state of education in Nigeria.  Abuja-based journalist Mazino 
Dickson-Amagada of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) 
International, commented that although the President brought 
up the U.S. Africa Command, he did not mention where the 
headquarters will ultimately be located.  One manager from 
Channels TV reflected more broadly on what the media is doing 
to promote change, and then criticized a majority of the 
Nigerian press for being only reactive to events.  Responding 
to this reflection, another journalist complained that many 
media outlets are owned and controlled by political actors 
with vested interests in the status quo. 
 
4. (U) Other key themes discussed at both venues were good 
governance, electoral reform, youth empowerment, 
infrastructure development, and the need for economic 
development and diversification of exports, with a focus on 
the agricultural sector.  Ghanaian CG Parker-Allotey cited 
security, diplomacy, and development as the three most 
important areas for improvement in African countries.  He 
also cautioned not to view security through the singular lens 
of terrorism, but also food security.  Other topics of 
discussion included the importance of health programs, a free 
press, respect for diversity, conflict in the Niger Delta, 
and the negative effects of a "brain drain" of educated and 
talented youth leaving Nigeria for better employment 
opportunities and social and economic conditions. 
 
5.  (U) Comment:  President Obama's speech was well-received 
and appeared to resonate with many Nigerians who voiced their 
frustration with the country's corruption, bad governance, 
and lack of transparency, particularly with elections.  For 
those who criticized Obama's speech or his trip to Ghana, we 
believe that below the surface lies the reluctant admission 
that Nigeria has a ways to go before it can shine like its 
smaller neighbor to the west.  To many of the older 
participants in the roundtable discussion, the solution rests 
on the shoulders of the younger members of the audience, some 
of whom chanted Obama's "Yes We Can" mantra at points 
 
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throughout the broadcast.  The reality, however, is that 
deeply entrenched political and economic interests in the 
country's status quo will make this an enormously difficult 
struggle for whoever decides to take the first step.  End 
comment. 
SANDERS