President Obama Appoints Nigerian, Adewale Adeyemo As Economic NSA of USA

Nigerian-American Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo has been appointed as the National Security Adviser for International economic affairs to...

Nigerian-American Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo has been appointed as the National Security Adviser for International economic affairs to President Barack Obama.

Adeyemo was appointed to this position on dec 15, 2015 by Obama to replace Caroline Atkinson.

Before this appointment, 34-year-old Adeyemo had served as deputy director of the White House’s National Economic Council, he had worked at the US Treasury where he was lead negotiator on currency agreement, and he was also one of the first officials who championed the US’ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.