US assistant secretary of state for education to visit Nigeria March 17

Lee Satterfield, US assistant secretary of state for
educational and cultural affairs, will visit Nigeria between March 17 and 22.

A statement on Friday said Satterfield would visit Lagos and
the federal capital territory where she would hold “key bilateral” talks.

The assistant secretary is seeking to expand access to
education and “bolstering economic opportunities through the creative arts”.

“Assistant Secretary Satterfield’s trip to Nigeria builds on
a recent visit by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and reinforces the
Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to Africa by focusing on
people-to-people connections between Americans and Nigerians,” a statement on
the visit reads.

In January, Blinken, US secretary of state, paid an official
visit to Nigeria.