“Adewale (Wally) Adeyemo, the highest-ranking member of the African diaspora in the Biden administration, emigrated from Nigeria to the United States as a child.”
– New York Times; 9/13/23.
“The Biden administration is dispatching Wally Adeyemo, the deputy Treasury secretary, to Nigeria next week as it seeks to deepen economic ties with Africa and counter China’s influence on the continent.”
“The visit comes as Nigeria’s new president, Bola Tinubu, is embarking on reforms to revive his country’s sluggish economy and months after President Biden pledged to deepen the United State’s involvement with Africa with an investment of more than $50 billion.”
Several Biden administration officials, including Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, have visited Nigeria during Mr. Biden’s first term.
However, Mr. Adeyemo is a unique emissary: *He was born in Ibadan, one of Nigeria’s largest cities, and emigrated with his family to California when he was 2 years old.”*
