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The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has secured the services of a United States lobbying firm to assist him in getting support of the American government and institutions ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Mr Saraki, who also doubles as the director general of the Atiku/Obi campaign organisation, reached an agreement with KRL International LLC , Nevada, USA, through Retail Express Limited of Lagos, Nigeria.
Details of the agreement, which was obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, is contained in the documents filed by the firm with the Foreign Affairs Registration agency as required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.
The fillings are mandatory for all firms providing lobbying and PR services for foreign institutions and governments.
The retainership concerning the senate president was signed between Adekoyejo Shogbola of Retail Express Limited (on behalf of Mr Saraki) and K. Riva Levinson, President KRL International LLC.
The agreement, which took effect on August 20, 2018, and would run for eight months, would cost Mr Saraki $200,000, (about N72.7million at N363 to a U.S dollar) payable on a monthly installment of $25,000.
The senator wants KRL International to attract favourable conditions for him in the US while also building support for Nigeria’s political process and the 2019 elections.
....Besides Mr Saraki’s retainership of a foreign lobbyist, Nigeria’s main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, also secured the services of an American firm for the purpose of assessing favourable support from the United States federal government in its bid to win the 2019 presidential elections.
....Showing further penchant for foreign lobbyists, the National Assembly under the chairmanship of Mr Saraki also procured the services of a US-based lobbyist, Husch Blackwell Strategies, based in Washington D.C, as a government affairs consultant to provide services relating to creating an environment between members of the Nigerian legislature and officials of the US Government.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news...ational-assembly-hire-american-lobbyists.html
As if Nigeria didn't have its' own crapfest..........
Mr Saraki, who also doubles as the director general of the Atiku/Obi campaign organisation, reached an agreement with KRL International LLC , Nevada, USA, through Retail Express Limited of Lagos, Nigeria.
Details of the agreement, which was obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, is contained in the documents filed by the firm with the Foreign Affairs Registration agency as required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.
The fillings are mandatory for all firms providing lobbying and PR services for foreign institutions and governments.
The retainership concerning the senate president was signed between Adekoyejo Shogbola of Retail Express Limited (on behalf of Mr Saraki) and K. Riva Levinson, President KRL International LLC.
The agreement, which took effect on August 20, 2018, and would run for eight months, would cost Mr Saraki $200,000, (about N72.7million at N363 to a U.S dollar) payable on a monthly installment of $25,000.
The senator wants KRL International to attract favourable conditions for him in the US while also building support for Nigeria’s political process and the 2019 elections.
....Besides Mr Saraki’s retainership of a foreign lobbyist, Nigeria’s main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, also secured the services of an American firm for the purpose of assessing favourable support from the United States federal government in its bid to win the 2019 presidential elections.
....Showing further penchant for foreign lobbyists, the National Assembly under the chairmanship of Mr Saraki also procured the services of a US-based lobbyist, Husch Blackwell Strategies, based in Washington D.C, as a government affairs consultant to provide services relating to creating an environment between members of the Nigerian legislature and officials of the US Government.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news...ational-assembly-hire-american-lobbyists.html
As if Nigeria didn't have its' own crapfest..........
