Senior representatives of the United States and Nigerian governments, along with business leaders from both countries’ private sectors, have converged in Abuja to officially launch the working group meetings of the United States–Nigeria Commercial and Investment Partnership, CIP.
A statement by the US Embassy in Abuja on Tuesday said the landmark partnership, established under a five-year Memorandum of Understanding, signed in July 2024 by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment Doris Uzoka-Anite, aims to deepen bilateral commercial cooperation and expand economic opportunities in both nations.
It noted that four senior U.S. and Nigerian officials led the dialogue: Ambassador Richard Mills, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, U.S. Department of State; Julie LeBlanc, Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce; Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, Honorable Minister of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment; and Ambassador Nura Rimi, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment.