BREAKING: Tinubu Nominates 32 Ambassadors, See Full List

President Bola Tinubu has nominated 32 ambassadors for posting to different countries, sending their names to the Senate for confirmation.

The breaking news which comes on the heels of an earlier list of three nominees, was announced today, via a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

The statement titled: Tinubu nominates 32 additional ambassadors, stated in part:

“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”.

“There are four women on the career ambassadors’ list and six women on the non-career ambassadors’ list.”

“Among the non-career ambassador designates are Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia, a former presidential aide, Reno Omokri (Delta), former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmud Yakubu, former Ekiti first lady, Erelu Adebayo, and former Enugu governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

“Others are Tasiu Musa Maigari, the former speaker of the Katsina House of Assembly, Yakubu N. Gambo, a former Commissioner in Plateau State and former Deputy Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission.

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“Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, a former senator from Plateau; Otunba Femi Pedro, a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State; Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister from Osun State; and Nkechi Ufochukwu from Anambra State are on the nomination list,” the statement read.

Others on the list are as follows:

i. Former First Lady of Oyo, Fatima Florence Ajimobi

ii. former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande

iii. former Adamawa Senator, Grace Bent,

iv. former governor of Abia, Victor Okezie Ikpeazu,

v. Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, businessman,

vi. Former ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See,

vii. Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu from Benue State.

Career Ambassadors and High Commissioner Designates

1. Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia),
2. Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba),
3. Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa),
4. Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi),
5. Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa),
6. Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi)
7. Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun).
8. Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo),
9. Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah(Edo),
10. Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger),
11. Ambassador Shehu Barde (Katsina),
12. Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno),
13. Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna),
14. Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara)
15. Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun).

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“The new nominees are expected to be posted to countries with which Nigeria maintains excellent and strategic bilateral relations, such as China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa, Kenya, and to Permanent Missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union.

“All the nominees will know their diplomatic assignments after their confirmation by the Senate,” it read.

The initial three nominees were

1. Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo),
2. Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa),
3. Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun)