President Bola Tinubu has formally nominated 65 persons, including two former military chiefs, as non-career ambassadors, transmitting the list to the Senate for confirmation.
The nominations for both the career and non-career ambassadors were made in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, specifically Section 171(1), (2)(c), and (4), which “governs such appointments.
The total list of 65 nominees — comprising 34 Career Ambassadors and 31 Non-Career Ambassadors—was listed state-by-state as follows :
31 Non-Career Ambassadors
Adamawa: Senator Grace Bent
Akwa Ibom: Senator Eta Enang
Anambra: Nkechi Linda Okocha
Bauchi: Mahmoud Yakobo
Bayelsa: Philip K. Ikurusi
Benue: Paul Olga Adiku
Cross River: Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (rtd.)
Edo: Hon. Abbasi Brahma
Ekiti: Erelu Angela Adebayo; and Barrister Olumilua Oluwayemika
Enugu: Rt. Hon. Ogwanyi Ifeanyi
Imo: Barr. Mrs. Chioma Ohakim
Kano: Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (rtd.)
Katsina: Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari
Kogi: Alhaji Abubakar Sanusi Aliu
Lagos: Olufemi Pedro
Nasarawa: Barr. Mohammed Obanduma Aliu
Ondo: Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, PhD; Ambassador Joseph Yusuf Shara’aji
Ogun: Fani-Kayode (as “noted by Akpabio in the chamber”)
Oyo: Ajimobi Fatima Florence; Lola Agonde
Plateau: N. Gambo; Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut
Rivers: Onweze Chukwudi
Sokoto: Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar
Taraba: Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe
Yobe: Adamu Garba Tarba-Nagri
Career Ambassadors
Abia: Ambassador Mwaobiola Ezeuwo Chukwuemeka
Adamawa: Maimuna Ibrahim
Anambra: Enpeji Monica Okochukwu
Bauchi: Ambassador Mohammed Mahmoud Lele
Bayelsa: Endoni Sindup
Borno: Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno
Cross River: Ambassador Jen Adams Ni Okun Michael
Delta: Ambassador Clark Omeru Alexandra
Ebonyi: Chima J. Leoma Davies
Edo: Oduma Yvonne Ehinose; Wasa Shogun Ige
Ekiti: Ambassador Adeyemi Adebayo Emmanuel
Enugu: Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley
Jigawa: Ambassador Magaji Umar
Kaduna: Ambassador Mohammed Saidu Dahiru
Kano: Ambassador Abdul Salam Abus Zayat
Katsina: Ambassador Shehu; Ambassador Aminu Nasu
Kebbi: Abubakar Musa Musa; Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris
Kogi: Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar
Kwara: Ambassador Sulu Gambari
Lagos: Ambassador Romata Mohammed Omobolanle
Nasarawa: Ambassador Shaga John Shama
Niger: Salau Hamza Mohammed; Ambassador Ibrahim Dan Lamy
Ogun: Adjola Ibrahim Mopolola
Ondo: Ruben Abimbola Samuel
Osun: Ambassador Akonde Wahab Adekola
Oyo: Ambassador Ariwani Adedokun Esther
Plateau: Ambassador Gedagi Joseph John
Rivers: Ambassador Luther Obomode Ayokatata
The key nominees include Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, the immediate past sole administrator of Rivers State and former Chief of Naval Staff, and Abdulrahman Dambazau, the former Minister of Interior and former Chief of Army Staff.
Also named were Ita Enang, a former Senator, and Chioma Ohakim, the former First Lady of Imo State.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
