Biden’s diaspora council to visit Nigeria in July

PRESIDENT Joe Biden’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement ( PAC- ADE) will make an official visit to Nigeria in July as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral relations between the United States ( U. S.) and Nigeria as well as enhance relations with people of Nigerian descent who live in America.

This was disclosed on Tuesday at the end of the U. S.- Nigeria Binational Commission ( BNC) in Abuja by the U. S. Deputy Secretary of State, Kurt Campbell.

Campbell and Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, co- chaired the sixth round of the U. S.Nigeria BNC in Abuja from April 29 to 30, 2024.

Campbell, who led the U. S. delegation, announced a visit of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement to Nigeria in July. He also announced a major symposium in Washington, D. C. in October to bring together American and Nigerian technology leaders.

Recall that the 12- member advisory council, led by Deniece Laurent- Mantey, as Executive Director, is an offshoot of the 2022 U.S .- Africa Leaders Summit and has two Nigerian- Americans as advisers, namely Osagie Imasogie and Chiney Og wu mike.

Ogwumike is a two- time WNBA All- Star for the Los Angeles Sparks and a fulltime, multi- platform ESPN commentator and NBA analyst.

She is one of the only fulltime professional athletes to also currently hold a fulltime regular national sports media broadcast position.

In August 2020, she became the first black woman to host a national daily sports talk radio show.

Imasogie, on the other hand, is the chairman of the Investment Bank and SEC/ FINRA registered Broker- Dealer, Quoin Capital and Quoin Advisors. In addition, Imasogie is a cofounder of PIPV Capital, a private equity firm that is focused on the life sciences vertical and has invested over $ 1 billion into that industry.