Biden’s diaspora council to visit Nigeria in July | The Guardian Nigeria News

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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 M. Campbell. Campbell and Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, had co-chaired the sixth round of the U.S.-Nigeria BNC in Abuja on April 29-30, 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 as an offshoot of the December…



Source: Guardian Newspaper