Tinubu Submits Additional 32 Ambassadorial Nominees To Senate ‎

‎(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –  President Bola Tinubu has transmitted a second batch of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after forwarding an initial list of three nominees.
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‎Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.
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‎Tinubu, in two letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, requested prompt confirmation of 15 career ambassadors and 17 non-career ambassadors.
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‎The career list includes four women, while six women featured among the non-career nominees.
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‎Prominent non-career nominees include Mr Ogbonnaya Kalu, former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, former INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmud Yakubu and former Ekiti First Lady Erelu Angela Adebayo.
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‎Others are former Enugu Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, former Katsina Speaker Tasiu Musa Maigari and former Plateau Commissioner Yakubu N. Gambo.
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‎Also nominated are former Senator Nora Ladi Daduut, former Lagos Deputy Governor Femi Pedro, former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode and Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu.
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‎The list includes former Oyo First Lady Fatima Florence Ajimobi, former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande, former Senator, Grace Bent and former Abia Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu.
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‎Senator Jimoh Ibrahim and former Vatican Ambassador, Paul Oga Adikwu also made the list.
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‎Career ambassador-designates include Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu, Yakubu Nyaku Danladi, Miamuna Ibrahim Besto, Musa Musa Abubakar and Syndoph Paebi Endoni.
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‎Others are Chima Geoffrey Lioma David, Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim, Abimbola Samuel Reuben, Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah and Hamza Mohammed Salau.
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‎The final set includes Ambassador Shehu Barde, Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno, Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru, Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari and Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande.
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‎The nominees are expected to be deployed to strategic missions, including China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the UAE, Qatar, South Africa and Kenya.
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‎Others will be posted to multilateral missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO and the African Union after Senate confirmation.
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‎Tinubu had earlier nominated Ambassador Ayodele Oke, Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu and retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are for the UK, USA or France postings.
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‎He said more ambassadorial nominations would be announced soon. (NAN)

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