A delegation led by Senator Christopher Coons (D-Delaware),
a member of the appropriations, foreign relations, judiciary, small business
and ethics committees, is in Nigeria to meet with business executives to
discussed investment relations.
While in the country, the
team will participate in an American
Business Council Roundtable and also be part of a reception featuring
alumni of the Young African Leaders Initiative. Among other issues of
particular interest to the U.S. officials is the fight against Boko Haram and
the humanitarian situation in the Northeast of Nigeria. The Nigerian business
leaders warmly welcomed the delegation while thanking America for her business,
security and humanitarian interests in Nigeria.
Chairman, Stanel group, Stanley Uzochukwu, and other captains
of industry in a dinner in honour of the delegation organised by U.S. Consul
General, F. John Bray, at his
official residence in Lagos solicited for U.S support to tackle the prevailing
security challenges in Nigeria.
Others among the team
include 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 legislators while in Abuja met with some
political, religious and civil society leaders.
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