Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- At a time when global attention is fixed on migration, visa restrictions, border controls, and the language of exclusion, Nigeria has concluded a bilateral health agreement with the United States that deserves to be understood on its own terms. Not as a partisan gesture or as a counter-narrative, but as a policy instrument shaped by shared interests and fiscal realities.

The governments of Nigeria and the United States last week, in Abuja, signed a technical Memorandum of Understanding to deepen cooperation in health security, expand access to primary healthcare, and strengthen the resilience of Nigeria's health system over the period from April 2026 to December 2030. This is by no means a political communique. Its im...