Aregbesola cautions US over Trump’s decision on climate change

OSUN State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Tuesday urged the United States of America to seriously consider its stand concerning climate change, as whatever decision America takes will seriously affect many countries of the world negatively.

‎Aregbesola, while playing host to the American Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Syminton who paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s office in Osogbo said the United States of America had over the years evolved to be a major factor in what happens to the other parts of the world.

He added that when an entity becomes powerful as America in the world, such a nation needs to consider other nations before taking major decisions.

The governor noted that the position of America in the world is so strategic to the extent that major decisions of the United States have direct bearing on other nations of the world

According to Aregbesola, America is so important and significant that issues like climate change cannot be taken for granted, stressing that, “America has evolved to be a major factor in world growth and development to the extent that whatever decision the country takes on any burning issue shakes the world.

“When an entity is as powerful as America, such entity needs to be very careful about every major decision it takes because of other countries. An entity whose decision can affect other nations of the world must be very careful. America’s human and international relations must not be taken for granted, if you love America it is to your own benefit and if you hate America it is to your own disadvantage”, he remarked.

Speaking earlier, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Symington who commended the efforts of the state government in road infrastructure likened road development to human development.

Describing democracy as the best form of government in the world, Syminton noted that the policies adopted by the Osun state government in stimulating her economy and advancing the well-being of her citizen’s remains the major characteristics of democracy in the world.