US legislators meet N/Assembly leaders

An eight member congressional delegation from the United States
is in Nigeria on a three-day visit to meet with a high-ranking
government officials and religious and civil society leaders.
Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki led a team of National
Assembly members yesterday in a meeting with the US delegation to
discuss issues around security, humanitarian crisis in the North
East, and ways to build a better working relationship between the
Parliaments of both countries.

The delegation is led by Senator Christopher Coons (D-Delaware,
US), a member of the Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary,
Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Ethics committees.

Others are 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’ West Africa tour also includes Ghana, Côte
d’Ivoire, and The Gambia, according to a statement from the US
Embassy in Abuja.

The delegation was also met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffery Onyeama, among others.

An eight member congressional delegation from the United States
is in Nigeria on a three-day visit to meet with a high-ranking
government officials and religious and civil society leaders.

Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki led a team of National
Assembly members yesterday in a meeting with the US delegation to
discuss issues around security, humanitarian crisis in the North
East, and ways to build a better working relationship between the
Parliaments of both countries.

The delegation is led by Senator Christopher Coons (D-Delaware,
US), a member of the Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary,
Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Ethics committees.

Others are 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’ West Africa tour also includes Ghana, Côte
d’Ivoire, and The Gambia, according to a statement from the US
Embassy in Abuja.

The delegation was also met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffery Onyeama, among others.