President Bola Tinubu has forwarded a contemporary record of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for affirmation, days after submitting an preliminary batch of three names.
The brand new record consists of distinguished political figures corresponding to former INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, former presidential aide Reno Omokri, and former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
The nominations had been transmitted in two separate letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, in keeping with an announcement issued on Saturday by the Particular Adviser to the President on Data and Technique, Bayo Onanuga.
Tinubu requested the Senate to “think about and ensure expeditiously” 15 profession ambassadors and 17 non-career ambassadors.
Within the assertion titled “Tinubu nominates 32 further ambassadors”, Onanuga revealed that the record comprises 4 ladies among the many profession diplomats and 6 among the many non-career nominees.
Among the many non-career nominees are:
Mahmood Yakubu – Former INEC Chairman
Reno Omokri – Former presidential aide (Delta)
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi – Former Governor of Enugu State
Femi Fani-Kayode – Former Minister of Aviation (Osun)
Erelu Angela Adebayo – Former Ekiti First Girl
Ogbonnaya Kalu – Former presidential aide (Abia)
Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut – Former Senator (Plateau)
Otunba Femi Pedro – Former Deputy Governor of Lagos
Fatima Florence Ajimobi – Former Oyo First Girl
Lola Akande – Former Lagos Commissioner
Grace Bent – Former Adamawa Senator
Victor Okezie Ikpeazu – Former Governor of Abia
Senator Jimoh Ibrahim – Senator/businessman (Ondo)
Amb. Paul Oga Adikwu – Former envoy to the Holy See (Benue)
These nominated as profession ambassadors and excessive commissioner-designates embody:
Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia)
Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba)
Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa)
Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi)
Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa)
Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi)
Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun)
Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo)
Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo)
Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger)
Ambassador Shehu Barde (Katsina)
Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno)
Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna)
Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara)
Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun)
In response to the Presidency, the nominees will likely be deployed to nations with strategic bilateral relations with Nigeria, together with: China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, UAE, Qatar, South Africa, Kenya, United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union.
The nominees will obtain their particular diplomatic postings after Senate affirmation.
Final week, Tinubu additionally submitted three ambassadorial nominees: Amb. Ayodele Oke (Oyo), Amb. Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa) and
Col. Lateef Kayode Are (Rtd.) – (Ogun). They’re anticipated to be posted to the UK, USA, or France.
Onanuga added that extra ambassadorial nominations will likely be introduced quickly, noting that postings are being staggered in step with Nigeria’s international coverage priorities.