 Well, Mr. Vice President, welcome. It is my honor to receive you and to talk with you today about many important matters that face Nigeria and the United States and our partnership and what we are committed to doing together. There is a strong relationship between the United States and Nigeria. As I was explaining to the Vice President, there are hundreds of thousands of Nigerian Americans and Nigerians here in the United States and so many who have made significant contributions to the United States, be it as entrepreneurs, as innovators to film and music. And Nigeria without any question is leading on so many important issues and some of the most important issues of our time. When we look at the issue of the climate crisis, Mr. Vice President, you have been an extraordinary leader on this issue. And I know this is something that you feel very strongly about and you've been very adamant about the role Nigeria can play in addressing this crisis that faces us all. And I congratulate you, for example, on your energy transition plan, which I know pledges carbon neutral energy by 2060, ambitious goals but important goals. And under your leadership, I have no question that they will be achieved. Today we will also discuss the urgent issue that affects the continent of Africa and the world, which is the issue of food insecurity. As you know, the United States has committed $7 billion in food security and humanitarian assistance to African countries over the past year alone. Nigeria has also been an important partner in upholding the international rules-based order, whether it is tackling the democratic backsliding that we've been seeing in West Africa or standing up for Ukraine at the United Nations. The United States remains committed to supporting free and fair elections. In Nigeria, next February, elections which we have confidence will be peaceful and reflect the will of the people. And of course, we do feel very strongly, as I know you do, that Nigeria is and must remain a bastion of democracy for West Africa. More broadly, Africa's leadership is key to confronting all of the global challenges we face. And to that end, Nigeria is key. So we look forward to strengthening our partnership. I bring you greetings from President Joe Biden. I was just with him, and he and I remain committed to strengthening our relationship with Nigeria and with Africa as a continent, as a whole. And we also look forward to hosting you in December at the summit here in Washington. So with that, welcome again, and I look forward to our discussion. Please. Thank you. Thank you very much. I'm grateful, Vice President Kamala Harris, for receiving me here at the White House. And my visit is an opportunity to reaffirm the close ties that exist between our countries. The United States has been a long-standing partner and friend of Nigeria. And even as long ago as independence, you know, the United States has been a very firm supporter of all of our aspirations, especially our economic and social development ambitions. The United States has always been with us. We also must appreciate the firm support that we've received from the U.S., especially in our fight against terrorism within our borders and in the Sahel, and, of course, the very timely donation of vaccines, four million vaccines, as we battled the COVID-19 pandemic. And that, of course, is extremely useful. But in addition to, as you pointed out, our shared commitment to democracy and the international rules-based system, we very strongly believe that, you know, in the coming years we will need to work together again on so many global challenges, and they are as varied and they come up very frequently now from promoting peace and security, to tackling global health issues and climate change, and, of course, economic adversity. I must also congratulate you, of course, on the Inflation and Reduction Act, and I think in particular it's historic, especially for those of us who are paying attention to all the issues on climate change. The climate change component is really ambitious, and we think that it shows U.S. leadership in this, in the area of climate change, and we're all excited to queue up behind the U.S. and see that we get many of these objectives on the way. On our part, and you pointed this out already, the Nigerian government launched energy transition plan just last week, and this plan is important for us, because for us we see energy, especially the climate crisis, as two existential issues. One, of course, the crisis. The second is the energy poverty and the energy crisis for us in our part of the world. So while we look forward to the 2060 carbon neutrality goal, we're also hoping that within that period, even within a shorter period, we're actually looking at 2030, we'll deal with issues of energy poverty, and so we're anxious to get all the support we can, and in the last few days I've been talking to quite a few of the agencies here, the World Bank, the U.S. aid, in fact the Treasury Secretary yesterday also, and they've all been very positive and shown indications that they will be very helpful indeed. So I think that we look forward to in the coming years and months to even greater collaboration and stronger ties between our countries to create a fairer, more prosperous, and perhaps a greener also, freer nation and nations and the world. Thank you very much again for hosting me, and this is a great honor indeed. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Vice Chairman. Thank you, and welcome again.