Joe Biden, US President-elect has appointed a Nigerian-American, Osaremen Okolo, as his COVID Policy Advisor, a member of his COVID-19 Response Team.
Okolo who is a Democrat, is a daughter of Nigerian immigrants from Edo State. Prior to joining the transition, Okolo served as Senior Health Policy Advisor to US Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois. Biden, who takes office on January 20, had also named Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo as the Deputy Treasury Secretary. Both Okolo and Adeyemo were amongst Biden’s first 100 White House appointees, according to the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition team.
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