Biden presidency: in Nigeria, expectations are high
(illustration) United States, the swearing-in of Joe Biden, 46th president, January 20, 2021. REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque
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In Nigeria, as on the rest of the continent, the inauguration of Joe Biden brings the hope of a renewed interest in African diplomacy at the White House while the mandate of Donald Trump was marked by a withdrawal of states -United and the weakening of major international organizations, from which Africa benefits greatly.
It is indeed a new era which is dawning according to President Muhammadu Buhari, who said he was "in a hurry to work with Joe Biden."
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Liza Fabbian
The investiture of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is reviving "hope and optimism", assures the press release of the Nigerian presidency, which wishes a "positive" collaboration with the new American administration.
As a symbol of this new era, a title by Nigerian singer
Burna Boy
was among the songs selected to accompany the ceremony.
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An additional source of pride for Nigeria, as several personalities from the diaspora have been promoted around the new American head of state:
Former President of the Obama Foundation,
Adewale "Wally" Adeyemo
- who was born in Nigeria and raised in Southern California - was notably chosen to fill the post of Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury.
If confirmed to this post, he will be the first African-American to head the finance ministry of the world's largest economic power.
The young Osaremen Okolo, 26, born in the United States of Nigerian parents, has been appointed to the post of advisor in the Covid-19 response team.
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Some in Nigeria also hope that the arrival of Joe Biden to power will accelerate the appointment of Nigerian
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
as head of the WTO, the World Trade Organization.
Competing with South Korean Yoo Myung-hee, the Nigerian has the support of Europe and Africa but
did not have that of the United States
.
And of course the overhaul of US immigration policy will benefit Nigerians, affected by the severe restrictions imposed during Donald Trump's tenure.
In January 2020, the United States added three African countries, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania, to the list of countries included in the anti-immigration decree promulgated in 2017 by Donald Trump.
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