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| Senator Christopher Coons |
An eight member Congressional
delegation from the United States will visit Nigeria from August 28 –
August 31. The delegation will be led by Senator Christopher Coons
(D-Delaware). Senator Coons is a member of the Appropriations,
Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Small Business and Entrepreneurship,
and Ethics committees.
The delegation also includes Senator
Gary Peters (D-Michigan); Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado);
Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware); Representative
Terri Sewell (D-Alabama); Representative Charlie Dent
(R-Pennsylvania); Representative Barbara Lee (D-California); and
Representative Frederica Wilson (D-Florida).
The Congressional delegation is
visiting Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and The Gambia in addition to
Nigeria during their West Africa tour.
While in Abuja, the U.S. legislators
will meet with a range of high-ranking leaders to gain a fulsome
picture of the bilateral relationship. They will be briefed by
Ambassador W. Stuart Symington and staff before meeting with Vice
President Osinbajo, Senate President Saraki, Speaker of the House of
Representatives Dogara, other members of the National Assembly, and
religious and civil society leaders.
Among the issues of particular interest
to the U.S. officials will be the fight against Boko Haram and the
humanitarian situation in the northeast of Nigeria.
They will also visit Lagos, where trade
and investment relations will be the theme. In the country’s
financial capital, they will meet with Nigerian business executives,
tour the Egbin Thermal Power Plant, participate in an American
Business Council roundtable, and conclude with a reception featuring
alumni of the Young African Leaders Initiative and the Tony Elemelu
Foundation.
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