Tinubu nominates Yakubu, Ikpeazu, Fani-Kayode, Omokri, 28 others as ambassadors

*President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sends list of 32 new Ambassador-designates to the Senate for consideration, confirmation for posting to ‘countries with which Nigeria maintains excellent and strategic bilateral relations’

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has nominated and sent the names of 32 new Ambassadorial nominees to the Nigerian Senate, in the National Assembly (NASS), Abuja, for confirmation.

ConsumerConnect reports President Tinubu days earlier, had sent the first batch of three names to the Upper Legislative Chamber for confirmation as Ambassadors.

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The first set of Ambassadors are Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo), Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa), and Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun).

All three were pencilled for posting to the United Kingdom (UK),  United States (US), or France after their confirmation.

New list of Ambassador-designates

The fresh list of Ambassadorial-nominees for affirmation, however, include Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); Reno Omokri, an aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan (Delta), and former Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, among others.

Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, who disclosed this development in a statement titled, “Tinubu nominates 32 additional ambassadors”, at the weekend said: “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.”

Onanuga also stated: “There are four women on the career Ambassadors’ list, and six women on the non-career Ambassadors’ list.

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“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.”

The Presidential aide further said: “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.

“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.”

Besides, the statement noted the list of nominees includes former First Lady of Oyo, Fatima Florence Ajimobi, former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande, former Adamawa Senator, Grace Bent, former Governor of Abia, Victor Okezie Ikpeazu, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, businessman, lawyer and Senator from Ondo State, and erstwhile Nigerian Ambassador to the Holy Sea, Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu from Benue State.

The nominees for career Ambassador and High Commissioner-designates are: 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) and Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun).

The other nominees are 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) and Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun).

The statement also noted: “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.

Some of the new envoys are equally expected to be posted to Nigerian Permanent Missions, including the United Nations (UN), UNESCO, and the African Union (AU).

Onanuga stated: “All the nominees will know their diplomatic assignments after their confirmation by the Senate.”

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