The meeting will be opened by the President of Mexico, HE Enrique Peña Nieto and chaired by the Vice President of Peru, HE Marisol Espinoza. The 35 nation OAS includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, and all Latin American and Caribbean countries.
The symposium is organized by the General Secretariat of the OAS and sponsored by the Government of Mexico.
In the OAS invitation, delivered to the Executive Director of NALC, Sam Okey Mbonu, and signed by the Assistant Secretary General of OAS, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, the OAS stated that the conference is part of a “Global Forum on Education and Innovation”. While 42 countries will participate, “the meeting will feature senior officials from Ministries of Education, Innovation, Science and Technology, multilateral organizations, cooperation agencies and others”.
The invitation stated that NALC’s attendance is of “utmost importance” to the OAS, because NALC’s “presence at the symposium will contribute to its success and its main goal of promoting development and social inclusion.”
NALC Executive Director, Sam Okey Mbonu, has since expressed gratitude to the OAS for their thoughtful invitation, and recognition of the great work NALC has embarked upon, as the most “powerful voice” of the Nigerian Diaspora in the United States, according to US Media giant MSNBC.
NALC has consistently provided authentic policy advisories for US-Nigeria relations; and for various corporations and multilateral agencies, with interests in Africa’s most populous country and largest economy-Nigeria.
The Nigerian-American Leadership Council is the premier pre-eminent Public Policy and Business Advisory Council in the United States; focused entirely on Nigeria. Adjudged by the US Media as “A Powerful Voice” on US-Nigeria Affairs, the Council is the only NGO that maintains authoritative “rare
access on both sides of the Atlantic”. The Council, which remains an independent Think-Tank, has also fast become the go-to organization in Washington, and in the United States, for all things Nigeria.
