PRESIDENT TINUBU EXPANDS NIGERIA’S DIPLOMATIC CORPS WITH 32 NEW AMBASSADORIAL NOMINEES
GREATRIBUNETVNEWS–President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated 32 additional ambassadors, comprising 15 career diplomats and 17 non-career individuals, to strengthen Nigeria’s global representation.
In two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked the Senate to consider and confirm expeditiously 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees as non-career ambassadors
Non-Career Ambassadorial Nominees:
– Former Governors and Politicians:
– Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, former Governor of Enugu State
– Okezie Ikpeazu, former Governor of Abia State
– Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation
– Reno Omokri, former Presidential Aide
– Mahmud Yakubu, former Chairman of INEC
– Other Notable Nominees:
– Florence Ajimobi, former First Lady of Oyo State
– Lola Akande, former Lagos Commissioner
– Jimoh Ibrahim, Senator from Ondo State
– Paul Oga Adikwu, former Ambassador to the Holy See
– Nora Ladi Daduut, former Senator from Plateau State
– Femi Pedro, former Deputy Governor of Lagos State
– Grace Bent, former Senator from Adamawa State
Career Ambassadorial 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 nominees are expected to be posted to strategic diplomatic missions in countries like China, India, Canada, and the UAE, as well as multilateral organizations like the United Nations and African Union
1- Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu – Abia
2- Reno Omokri – Delta
3- Prof. Mahmud Yakubu – (former INEC Chairman)
4- Erelu Angela Adebayo – Ekiti (former First Lady)
5,- Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi – Enugu (former Governor)
6- Tasiu Musa Maigari – Katsina (former Speaker, Katsina House of Assembly)
7- Yakubu N. Gambo – Plateau (former Commissioner & ex-Deputy Exec. Sec. UBEC)
8- Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut – Plateau (former Senator)
9- Otunba Femi Pedro – Lagos (former Deputy Governor)
10′ Chief Femi Fani-Kayode – Osun (former Aviation Minister)
11- Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu – Anambra
12′ Fatima Florence Ajimobi – Oyo (former First Lady)
13- Lola Akande – Lagos (former Commissioner)
14′- Grace Bent – Adamawa (former Senator)
15- Dr Victor Okezie Ikpeazu – Abia (former Governor)
16- Senator Jimoh Ibrahim – Ondo (businessman, lawyer, Senator)
17- Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu – Benue (former Ambassador to the Holy See)
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