President Biden Sends 9-Man Delegation To Attend Tinubu’s Inauguration

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US President, Joe Biden’s has announced a 9-man team to attend the inauguration of Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu in Abuja, Nigeria, on 29 May.

“I am honored,” tweeted Judd Devermont, on Monday evening. Mr Devermont is the special assistant to US President Joseph Biden and senior director for African Affairs in the National Security Council, as he expressed his sentiments on being a part of the Presidential Delegation that will travel to Nigeria in the coming days.

On Monday 22 May, Mr Biden announced a 9-person Presidential Delegation to represent him and America, “to the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu” on 29 May 2023, in Abuja, Nigeria, led by the Marcia Fudge, who is the 18th U.S. Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Her leading the delegation is noteworthy because she is a past Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. She served as a legislator in the U.S. Congress—110th–117th (2007–2021), a period of fourteen years—representing the Democratic Party.

From the US Department of State’s foreign mission, the US Embassy in Nigeria, David Greene, Chargé d’Affaires, will, as the top diplomat of an embassy that was established in the host country in 1960, justifiably be a part of the delegation.

Mr Biden pledged to accelerate high-level visits by senior administration officials to Africa at the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit he convened last December.


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