- Sylvanus Nsofor, the 82-year-old Nigerian Ambassador to the USA, has presented his Letter of Credence to President Donald Trump
- Nsofor conveyed President Buhari’s goodwill to the US president; and was honoured to a reception at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington afterwards
- Before his recent appointment, Nsofor was a Justice of the Court of Appeal for 13 years
The Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Nsofor, has presented his Letter of Credence to President Donald Trump, NAN reports.
Nsofor, at the presentation of his credentials at the White House, applauded the existing cordial bilateral relations between Nigeria and the U.S.
NAIJ.com gathers that the new envoy also expressed Nigeria’s desire to deepen its ties with the U.S.
Nsofor conveyed President Muhammadu Buhari’s goodwill and good wishes to Trump.
Sylvanus Nsofor shakes hands with an official at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC (Photo credit: Nigerian Monitor)
The envoy and his wife were thereafter honoured to a reception at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
The reception was attended by Amb. Hassan Mohammed, Deputy Head of Mission, embassy officials and representatives of the Nigerian community in the U.S.
Mohammed described the new ambassador as a man of high standard and urged embassy officials to redouble their efforts to support him.
Nsofor was a Judge of the High Court, Justice of the Court of Appeal and Lecturer in Law at the Holborn College of Law in London.
He served as a judge/justice for 28 years with about 13 of his working career spent in the Court of Appeal.
82-year-old Nsofor retired as a Justice of the Court of Appeal in March 2005 after clocking the mandatory retirement age of 70.
Nsofor had on March 1, appeared before the Senate and refused to recite the National Anthem during questioning and his nomination was consequently rejected.
Buhari, however, resubmitted his name in April and the senate reversed itself to confirm him.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that a former US intelligence community expert, Matthew Page, warned that the United States may likely reject Nigeria's 82-year-old ambassadorial nominee, Sylvanus Nsofor.
Page who made his comments during an interview, said Nsofor was likely to be rejected due to his advanced age.
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