Tinubu’s Inauguration: US President Biden sends high-powered delegation (full list)

President Joe Biden of the United States has announced his delegation for the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu.

Telescope.ng reports that over 65 world leaders, including Heads of State, have been invited to attend the inauguration ceremony.

Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State, will be sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th President on May 29 at Eagle Square in Abuja.

The event will be attended by past presidents, diplomats, heads of international organizations, prominent Nigerians, and representatives of foreign governments and agencies.

The inauguration program will commence on Thursday with the investiture of Tinubu as the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, and Kashim Shettima, the Vice-President-elect, as the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger.

The ceremony will be attended by representatives from traditional allies of Nigeria, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, China, Germany, Finland, Jamaica, Japan, Israel, Turkey, and others.

President Biden’s nine-member delegation, led by Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, will be present at the event. The delegation includes diplomats, government officials, and military personnel.

Among them are Mr. David Greene, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., U.S. Embassy Abuja; the Honorable Sydney Kamlager-Dove, United States Representative (D), California; the Honorable Marisa Lago, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce; General Michael E. Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command; the Honorable Enoh T. Ebong, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency; the Honorable Mary Catherine Phee, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; the Honorable Judd Devermont, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council; and the Honorable Monde Muyangwa, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development.

The inauguration events include a lecture titled “Deepening Democracy for Integration and Development,” to be delivered by former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta on May 27.

Other activities leading up to the inauguration ceremony include a Regimental Dinner, Valedictory Federal Executive Council Meeting, Public Lecture and Juma’at prayer, Children’s Day Parade and Party, and an Inter-denominational Church Service.

The Inauguration Dinner/Gala Night will take place at the State House Conference Centre, followed by the inauguration and swearing-in of the president-elect and vice president-elect at Eagle Square.

A post-inauguration luncheon will be held exclusively for the President and other world leaders at the State House Banquet Hall.