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.