President Tinubu recalls Nigeria’s ambassadors, resulting in new appointments.

State House, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commanded the recall of all career and non-career ambassadors serving in various countries.

The decision was announced by Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, only 24 hours after the president recalled Sarafa Isola, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK). Tuggar’s adviser on media and communications strategy, Alkasim Abdulkadir, stated on Saturday, September 2nd, that the recall of Isola on Friday, September 1st, was applicable to all ambassadors.

In a letter dated August 31, the minister stated that Tinubu had recalled Isola and urged him to return to Nigeria by October 31 at the latest, after taking formal leave from his host nation.

Tuggar praised the outgoing High Commissioner for his service and wished him luck in his future ambitions on Tinubu’s behalf. “In response to inquiries regarding the letter recalling the Nigerian ambassador to the United Kingdom, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has clarified that all career and non-career ambassadors have been recalled on the instructions of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” the statement reads. “Ambassadors serve as ambassadors of the government at the President’s request, and it is his power to send or recall them from any country.” There was no hint of when their potential successors would take office.