May 29: Biden appoints US delegation to grace Tinubu’s Presidential inauguration

*The United States President’s nine-member delegation is to be led by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia L. Fudge

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

Ahead of the event in Nigeria, United States (US) President Joe Biden has appointed a delegation to attend the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President-elect, Monday, May 29, 2023.

The White House I’m Washington, D.C., US, announced this development Monday, in an official statement titled: ‘President Biden Announces Presidential Delegation to the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu’.

President Biden stated that the nine-member American Presidential delegation to Nigeria would be led by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia L. Fudge.

The statement also said: “President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today (Monday) announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023, in Abuja, Nigeria.”

Other members of the Presidential Delegation also include Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., U.S. Embassy Abuja, Mr. David Greene; United States Representative (D), California, Sydney Kamlager-Dove; and Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce, Marisa Lago.

In his remark on the assignment to represent the US President at Tinubu’s inauguration as Nigerian President, Devermont reportedly, tweeted: “I am honored to join ⁦⁦@SecFudge⁩ as part of the Presidential Delegation to Nigeria.

— Judd Devermont (@JDevermont) May 23, 2023

The delegation further includes Commander of U.S. Africa Command, General Michael E. Langley; Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency, Enoh T. Ebong; and Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Mary Catherine Phee.

Others are Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council, Judd Devermont; and Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development, Monde Muyangwa.

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