Tinubu’s 68 Ambassadorial Picks Receive Full Senate Confirmation

On Thursday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 68 ambassadorial candidates were ratified by the Nigerian Senate.

Recall that President Tinubu ultimately delivered the names of sixty-eight (68) nominees for confirmation as Nigeria’s ambassadors to the National Assembly, which was a major step toward the country’s diplomatic representation abroad.

More than two years of Tinubu’s administration functioning without designated envoys to lead Nigeria’s missions, embassies, and consulates in various nations are essentially over with the eagerly anticipated submission.

It was recalled that stakeholders and foreign observers had put tremendous pressure on the Federal Government to appoint ambassadors quickly, particularly during a period when some US senators, congressmen, and foreign lobbyists had accused Nigeria of Christian persecution and genocide.

In order to further Nigeria’s foreign policy goals, improve bilateral and multilateral ties, and protect the country’s reputation and strategic interests in the international system, it is anticipated that the new ambassadorial appointments will be extremely important.

The 68 nominees are chosen from governments in each of the six geopolitical zones, with 34 of them being career diplomats and the remaining 34 being non-career appointees.

Three nominees, Ayodele Oke, Kayode Are, and Aminu Dalhatu, who were among the initial group President Tinubu sent to the Senate, were reviewed and approved by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs earlier on Wednesday. After a long meeting at the National Assembly, they were screened.

Below is the whole list:

34 CAREER AMBASSADORS: 1. Mwaobiola Ezeuwo Chukwuemeka, Ambassador of Abia
2. Maimuna Ibrahim Adamawa
3. Enpeji Monica Okochukwu, Anambra
4. Bauchi: Mohammed Mahmoud Lele, Ambassador
5. Endoni Sindup, Bayelsa
6. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno, Ambassador of Borno
7. Ambassador Jen Adams Ni Okun Michael from Cross River
8. Ambassador Clark Omeru Alexandra of Delta
9. Chima J. Leoma Davies of Ebonyi
10. Oduma Yvonne Ehinose, Edo
11. Wasa Shogun Ige in Edo
12. Adeyemi Adebayo Emmanuel, Ambassador of Ekiti
13. Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley, Ambassador of Enugu
14. Magaji Umar, Ambassador to Jigawa
15. Mohammed Saidu Dahiru, Ambassador of Kaduna
16. Abdul Salam Abus Zayat, Ambassador to Kano
17. Katsina: Shehu, Ambassador
18. Katsina: Aminu Nasu, the ambassador
19. Abubakar Musa Musa, Kebbi
20. Haidara Mohammed Idris, Ambassador of Kebbi
21. Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar of Kogi
22. Kwara: Sulu Gambari, the ambassador
23. Romata Mohammed Omobolanle, Ambassador, Lagos
24. Shaga John Shama, Ambassador of Nasarawa
25. Salau Hamza Mohammed in Niger
26. Niger: Ibrahim Dan Lamy, Ambassador
27. Ogun: Mopolola Adjola Ibrahim
28. Ruben Abimbola Samuel, Ondo
29. Akonde Wahab Adekola, Ambassador of Osun
30. Oyo: Ariwani Adedokun Esther, the ambassador
31. Plateau: Gedagi Joseph John, Ambassador
32. Rivers: Luther Obomode Ayokatata, the ambassador
33. Danladi Yakubu Yaku Taraba
34. Bidu Dogondagi Zamfara NON-CAREER AMBASSADORS (31):
35. Dr. Victor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia
36. Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu of Abia
37. Senator Grace Bent from Adamawa
38. Senator Eta Enang from Akwa Ibom
39. Nkechi Linda Okocha, Anambra
40. Mahmoud Yakubu in Bauchi
41. Philip K. Ikurusi, Bayelsa 42. Paul Olga Adiku, Benue
43. Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (rtd.) at Cross River 44. Reno Omokri at Delta
45. Hon. Abbasi Brahma, Edo
46. Erelu Angela Adebayo Ekiti 47. Barrister Olumilua Oluwayemika Ekiti
48. Rt. Hon. Ugwanyi Ifeanyi in Enugu
49. Imo: Mrs. Chioma Ohakim Barr
50. Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (rtd.) in Kano 51. Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari in Katsina
52. Alhaji Abubakar Sanusi Aliu, Kogi
53. Olufemi Pedro, Lagos 54. Barr. Mohammed Obanduma Aliu, Nasarawa
56. Ondo: Ambassador Joseph Yusuf Shara’aji 55. Ondo: Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, PhD
57. Fani-Kayode Osun
58. Ajimobi Fatima Florence, Oyo
59. Lola Akande, Oyo
60. Yakubu N. Gambo, Plateau
61. Plateau: Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, Senator
62. Onweze Chukwudi Rivers
63. Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar of Sokoto
64. Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe of Taraba
65. Adamu Garba Tarba-Nagri of Yobe
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs cleared the first batch (3).

66. Ayodele Oke of Oyo State
67. Amin Mohammed Dalhatu, Jigawa
68. Ogun: Lateef Kayode, a retired Colonel Are