President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted the names of 32 ambassadors nominated to the Senate for confirmation, days after sending the first batch of three names.
In two separate letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Tinubu requested that the Senate consider and confirm 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees as non-career ambassadors.
This was disclosed on Saturday in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The statement noted that there are four women among the career ambassadors and six women among the non-career nominees.
Non-Career Ambassador Nominees
- Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu — Abia
- Reno Omokri (former presidential aide) — Delta
- Mahmud Yakubu (former INEC chairman) — Bauchi
- Erelu Angela Adebayo (former Ekiti First Lady) — Ekiti
- Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (former Enugu governor) — Enugu
- Tasiu Musa Maigari (former Katsina Assembly speaker) — Katsina
- Yakubu N. Gambo (former Plateau Commissioner and former UBEC deputy executive secretary) — Plateau
- Professor Nora Ladi Daduut (former senator) — Plateau
- Otunba Femi Pedro (former deputy governor) — Lagos
- Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (former aviation minister) — Osun
- Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu — Anambra
- Fatima Florence Ajimobi (former Oyo First Lady) — Oyo
- Lola Akande (former Commissioner) — Lagos
- Grace Bent (former Senator) — Adamawa
- Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (former governor) — Abia
- Senator Jimoh Ibrahim — Ondo
- Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu (former ambassador to the Holy See) — Benue
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Career Ambassador Nominees
- 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
The statement explained that the new nominees are expected to be posted to countries where Nigeria maintains strategic bilateral relations, including China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa, and Kenya, as well as Permanent Missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union.
All nominees will know their specific diplomatic assignments after Senate confirmation.
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