A Nigerian is among US President Joe Biden’s delegation sent to attend the inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, May 29.
She is Honourable Enoh T. Ebong, appointed by Biden on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 as Director, United States Trade and Development Agency. A lawyer, she grew up partly in Lagos before she migrated to the state.
An indigene of Ukpom Abak in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State, Enoh is the second daughter of Ime James Ebong, a retired Permanent Secretary in the Nigerian Ministry of Economic Development and Reconstruction. He was instrumental to the design and creation of Abuja during the era of ex-military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.
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The White House stated this on Monday in an official statement entitled ‘President Biden Announces Presidential Delegation to the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu.’
The nine-member delegation, according to the statement, will be led by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia L. Fudge.
“President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023, in Abuja, Nigeria,” the White House said.
The 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.
The delegation also 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.
