Are, Dalhatu, Oke Approved by Senate for Non-Career Ambassadorial Roles

The first three non-career ambassadors that President Bola Tinubu sent to the Senate two weeks ago were confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday.

Aminu Muhammad Dalhatu (Jigawa), Emmanuel Ayodele Oke from Oyo State, and Lateef Kayode Are from Ogun State are the confirmed individuals.

The confirmations came after the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, led by Senator Sani Bello (APC Niger North), reviewed the report after screening the nominations last week.

According to Senator Bello’s report, there was no petition against any of the three applicants, and they were all deemed deserving of their appointments.

Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, called on the confirmed nominees to act honorably as Nigeria’s ambassadors wherever they are stationed.

Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, read Tinubu’s letter with the nominees’ names during plenary on November 26. He then forwarded it to the Committee on Foreign Affairs for review.

In the letter, the President stated that the nominations were made in compliance with Sections 171 (1), (2)(c), and (4) of the modified 1999 Constitution.

As a result, he gave the parliamentarians his “assurances of highest consideration” and asked the Senate to “consider and confirm the appointments of the nominees expeditiously.”

The Senate has been tasked with assessing 64 more ambassadorial applicants who have not yet been confirmed.