Tinubu nominates 65 more envoys ex-govs, ex-lawmakers
Tinubu nominates 65 more ambassadors headlined by ex-govs, ex-lawmakers
Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has forwarded 65 additional nominees for ambassadorial positions to the Senate for screening and confirmation.
Tinubu’s request was conveyed in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during Thursday’s plenary.
The nominees include career and non-career ambassadors and high commissioners.
This development comes a week after Mr Tinubu transmitted the names of three nominees for non-career ambassadorial appointments.
In his latest letter, Tinubu said 34 persons were nominated as career ambassadors and high commissioners, while 31 others were nominated as non-career ambassadors and high commissioners.
Some of the prominent nominees are Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate-past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); ex-presidential aide Reno Omokri, ex-governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro; Ondo North senator, Jimoh Ibrahim; Florence, the wife of the late governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, and former Ekiti State first lady, Angela Adebayo.
Notable nominees among the career ambassadorial nominees are Sulu-Gambari Ahmed (Kwara State) and Segun Ige (Edo), while the non-career ambassadorial nominees include a former senator from Adamawa State, Grace Bent, and a former senator from Akwa-Ibom, Ita Enang.
After reading the letter, the senate president referred the request to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and directed the committee to report back within one week.
