This one na good news o. Make una help the Nigerians celebrate. At least, it shows our efforts out there and how the world continues to scout out for us regardless of the disparities and differences flaunt out there.
SourceAmerican President Joe Biden has selected two Nigerians to join his Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement.
Biden’s 12-person council will now include two Nigerian-Americans; Osagie Imasogie and Chinenye Joy Ogwumike.
Reacting to the development, executive chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, congratulated the duo on their nomination, according to a statement by the Commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun.
Dabiri-Erewa wey be Chairman for Nigerians in Diaspora Commission talk am today, that the nomination of the two great Nigerians into the advisory council was a welcome development, adding that their recognition and appointment into the 12-member advisory council is a motivation for other Nigerians and Africans in general.
31-year-old Chinenye Ogwumike is a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star and ESPN basketball analyst.
In 2014, she and her sister, WNBA star Nneka Ogwumike, launched a UNICEF fundraiser following the kidnapping of Chibok girls by Boko Haram.
She is one of the only full-time professional athletes to also currently hold a full-time regular national sports media broadcast position.
In August 2020, she became the first Black woman to host a national, daily sports talk radio show.
However, Osagie Imasogie is a serial entrepreneur and Chairman of the Investment Bank and SEC/FINRA registered Broker-Dealer, Quoin Capital, and Quoin Advisors.
In addition, Osagie is a co-founder of PIPV Capital, a private equity firm that is focused on the life sciences vertical and has invested over $1 billion into that industry.
Prior to co-founding PIPV Capital, he established GlaxoSmithKline Ventures and was its founding Vice President.
Source:
The White House