# Professor Michael Posner on President Obama's meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari

1 Faculty News July 21, 2015 ![Knowledge at Wharton logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/knowledgeatwharton192x144.jpg?itok=L--sWOiV)>

Excerpt from [Knowledge @ Wharton](https://businessradio.wharton.upenn.edu/bestof/knowledge-@wharton/?h=md1Wo) -- "The president has spoken often about greater engagement in the world, but a principled engagement, and I support that... Nigeria is an enormously important country in Africa, but when we talk about economic development, the other side of that coin is the weakness in governance, and that's really been a challenge for many decades in Nigeria."

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