US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated that they would continue to pressurize Nigeria until it legalizes same sex marriage.

During a live chat with journalists in Washington, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated that they would continue to pressurize Nigeria until it legalizes same sex marriage.
The God’s Own country recently legalized gay marriage, a development, which sparked global condemnations.
According to her, America was not bothered that Chinese companies were fast taking over the African market from
their US counterparts.
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the country in few weeks time. Thomas-Greenfield, who said the US had adopted the protection of the rights of same-sex people as part of its foreign policies, vowed that Washington would continue to mount and sustain pressure on Nigeria and other countries to reverse their laws against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,

and Transgender community.
She said:

“As a government, it is one of the highest priorities and strongest values that discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation and gender identity is wrong. We believe human rights should be available to everybody.
“As a policy, we will continue to press the government of Nigeria as well as other governments who have provided
legislation that discriminate against the LGBT community.”
“This is very much a work in progress, but I think you will agree with me that the law in Nigeria really went far in discriminating against this community but also people who associate with them.
“So we will continue to press the government, to press the legislature to change these laws and provide human rights for all Nigerian people regardless of their sexual orientation.”
“With what is happening in the US, you can determine how far we are willing to go. We strongly believe human rights for all people and we are particularly opposed to legislation that actually targets the gay community for discrimination. So we are prepared to push this as a policy not just in Africa but across the world,”