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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield |
The Nigerian-American Leadership Council (NALC)
has congratulated Ambassador Linda
Thomas-Greenfield, the new Assistant
Secretary of State for Africa on her recent appointment.
The
Council, while participating in a welcome forum organized at the US Library of
Congress on November 20, 2013; by US
Congressperson Karen Bass, Ranking Member of the House Africa Subcommittee,
with Congressman Chris Smith, Chair of the Africa Subcommittee, Senator Chris
Coons and Senator Jeff Flake; welcomed Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield’s
appointment as a significant positive step for US Africa relations.
The
Council notes that Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield had proved her mettle as a
Career Foreign Service Officer, with previous postings as Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia; and service
in other strategically important missions, including Nigeria, Pakistan, Kenya, and the US Mission to the U.N. in Switzerland.
In a
media chat from the US Library of Congress, Kayode Tani-Olu, the Council’s Director for Intergovernmental Relations said “a new era of US Africa relations have
begun-one that emphasizes a focus on the mutual imperative of dialogue and
respect between the US and Africa.”
Also, in
remarks at the US Library of Congress, Executive Director of the Nigerian-American Council, Sam Okey Mbonu noted, “Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield brings a
passion for Africa, and excellence, as former Director General at the State
Department, in addition to her previous high-level diplomatic role in Nigeria
and other places; all these have prepared her to excel in her new role.
The Nigerian-American Leadership Council looks forward to a great working
relationship with Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield and the State Department in the
near future.”
Signed:
U. Lisa Eric,
Media Relations,
Nigerian-American Leadership Council
1701 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 300, NW Washington, DC
20006 Web: www.nigerian-americancouncil.org Tel: 202 379-2848, Email: info@nigerian-americancouncil.org.
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