A list of 32 nominees for ambassador positions was submitted to the Senate on Saturday by President Bola Tinubu for confirmation.  ,
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said the nominees would be assigned to countries that Nigeria has connections to as well as to other international organizations like the UN in a statement.
Former ministers, former governors, former lawmakers, among others are some of the names on the nominees list.
The list included former presidential aide Reno Omokri, former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, former governors of Abia and Enugu, and others.
There are 17 non-career ambassador nominees and 15 career ambassador nominees.
A further breakdown reveals that there are six non-career ambassadors and four women on the career ambassadors’ list.
Read more about Tinubu’s nominations for Omokri, Fani-Kayode, Ugwuanyi, Mahmood Yakubu, and 28 others as ambassadors.
See President Tinubu’s full list of the 32 ambassadors that he has nominated:
Nominees for non-career as ambassadors (17)
1. Barr . Abia-Ogbonnaya Kalu
2. Delta-Reno Omokri
3. Former INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmud Yakubu
4. Former Ekiti First Lady, former Ekiti First Lady, Erelu Angela Adebayo
5. Former Enugu governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi
6. Former Speaker of the Katsina State Assembly, Tasiu Musa Maigari
7. Former UBEC deputy executive secretary and former Plateau Commissioner Yakubu N. Gambo
8. Former Senator, Plateau, Professor Nora Ladi Daduut
9. Former deputy governor of Lagos, Otunba Femi Pedro
10. Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Osun.
11. Barr . Anambra – Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu
12. Former Oyo First Lady Fatima Florence Ajimobi
13. Former Lagos Commissioner Lola Akande
14. Adamawa’s former senator Grace Bent
15. Former Abia Governor Victor Okezie Ikpeazu
16. Senator and businessman Jimoh Ibrahim of Ontario,
17. Amb. Former Ambassador to the Holy See, Benue, Paul Oga Adikwu.
Nominees for Career Ambassadors (15)
18. Abia Abia Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu
19. Taraba Yakubu Nyaku Danladi
20. Adamawa and Miamuna Ibrahim Besto
21. Kebbi and Musa Musa Abubakar
22. Bayelsa-Syndoph Paebi Endoni
23. Ebonyi Chimi Geoffrey Lioma David
24. Ogun, Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim
25. Samuel Reuben Abimbola Ondo
26. Edo Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah
27. Niger – Hamza Mohammed Salau
28. Amb. Shehu Barde and Katsina
29. Amb. Borno borno Muhammad Mohammed Monguno
30. Amb. Kaduna-Muhammad Saidu Dahiru
31.  , Amb. Kwara – Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari
32. Amb. Osun – Wahab Adekola Akande
Source: Channels TV
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