The US mission in Nigeria has announced it will close its operation on Thursday to honor former President Jimmy Carter.
The US mission announced this in a post on its official X handle on Thursday.
“The U.S. Embassy in Abuja and Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Thursday, January 9, in honor of former President Carter’s passing.
“We remember former President Jimmy Carter, a tireless advocate for peace, democracy, and human rights. As the first U.S. President, twitter.com/i/web/status/1,” the mission stated.
Carter, who died on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at the age of 100, served a single term from 1977-1981 and was widely praised for his post-presidential humanitarian efforts, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
Carter’s corpse was transferred on Tuesday in a grand and solemn military ceremony to the US Capitol, where it will lie in state until a national funeral later this week.
His body arrived at the snow-covered US Capitol, where it will remain until Thursday, after a full day of ceremonious travel that started in his native Georgia.
A live coverage by broadcaster PBS showed members of the public move through the building’s rotunda to pay their respects to the late president, with many stopping to take a moment of silence with their hands clasped.
Flown to Washington aboard a presidential US Air Force jet, Carter’s flag-draped casket was carried atop a gun carriage in a funeral procession from the US Navy Memorial—an ode to his military service on submarines—to Capitol Hill, tracing the opposite route he took during his inauguration parade.
