President Bola Tinubu has sent another batch of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate, days after the first set of names was forwarded to the Chamber.
The new nominations were contained in two separate letters addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Saturday noted that Tinubu urged the Senate to “consider and confirm expeditiously” the 15 career diplomats and 17 non-career nominees. The additional information stated that the list features four women among the career nominees and six among the non-career group.
The non-career nominees include notable figures. Former INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, was named among those to be dispatched to strategic foreign missions.
A former presidential aide Reno Omokri was listed just as the former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is also on the list.
The President also included former Lagos Deputy Governor Femi Pedro, as well as former Plateau Senator Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, while former Oyo First Lady Fatima Florence Ajimobi and former Lagos Commissioner Lola Akande were equally selected.
The list also has former First Lady of Ekiti State, Erelu Adebayo, and former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode as non-career ambassadors.
Former Abia governor Okezie Ikpeazu also made the non-career ambassadorial list, alongside former ambassador to the Holy See, Paul Oga Adikwu. There are also former Katsina House of Assembly Speaker Tasiu Musa Maigari, former Plateau Commissioner Yakubu N. Gambo, and businessman, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim.
The career diplomats nominated by the President include Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu from Abia, Yakubu Nyaku Danladi from Taraba, Miamuna Ibrahim Besto from Adamawa, and Musa Musa Abubakar from Kebbi. Others named are Syndoph Paebi Endoni from Bayelsa, Chima Geoffrey Lioma David from Ebonyi, and Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim from Ogun State. The list also has Ambassador Shehu Barde from Katsina, Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno from Borno, and Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru from Kaduna also featured in the career category.
The President had sent an initial batch of nominees comprising Ambassador Ayodele Oke, Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu, and Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are, who are expected to be deployed to the United Kingdom, the United States, or France after confirmation.
The complete postings are expected to be done as soon as the Senate confirms the nominees.
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