Tinubu Forwards 32 Ambassadorial Nominees to Senate for Confirmation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted a fresh list of 32 ambassador-designate nominees to the Nigerian Senate for screening and confirmation. The list, announced on Saturday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, includes 17 non-career and 15 career diplomats. The nominees are expected to be deployed to key nations and multilateral institutions that are central to Nigeria’s foreign policy objectives. Non-Career Nominees Ogbonnaya Kalu (Abia) Reno Omokri (Delta) Mahmood Yakubu (Bauchi) – former INEC Chairman Bisi Angela Adebayo (Ekiti) – former Ekiti First Lady Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) – former governor Tasiu Musa Maigari (Katsina) – former Speaker, Katsina Assembly Yakubu N. Gambo (Plateau) Nora Ladi Daduut (Plateau) – former senator Femi Pedro (Lagos) – former Lagos deputy governor Femi Fani-Kayode (Osun) – former aviation minister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu (Anambra) Fatima Florence Ajimobi (Oyo) – former First Lady Lola Akande (Lagos) – former commissioner Grace Bent (Adamawa) – former senator Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) – former governor Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo) – businessman, former senator Paul Oga Adikwu (Benue) – former ambassador to the Holy See Career Nominees Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia) Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba) Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa) Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi) Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa) Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi) Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun) Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo) Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo) Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger) Shehu Barde (Katsina) Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno) Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna) Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara) Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun) If confirmed, the envoys will be posted to Nigeria’s missions across strategic countries including China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, UAE, Qatar, South Africa and Kenya, as well as major multilateral bodies like the United Nations, UNESCO and the African Union.