A senior US official, Jonathan Burke, is set to visit Nigeria to engage with the government on enhancing security cooperation and combating terrorism financing.
Burke, who serves as the US Department of the Treasury’s Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, is scheduled to be in Nigeria from Monday through Tuesday this week.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the US embassy in Nigeria said the visit is part of the “Trump administration’s efforts to reduce violence against Christians and other vulnerable groups.”
Mr Burke will meet with both government authorities and private sector stakeholders to discuss the “risks to the financial sector” and “strengthen safeguards.”
Mr Burke will be the second top US official to visit Nigeria this year.
A month ago, a high-level US delegation led by Under Secretary of State Allison Hooker visited Nigeria.
The officials held the first session of a joint working group focused on addressing the terror attacks against Nigerian Christians with Nigerian authorities.
Last year, a Congressional delegation visited Abuja and met with Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.