After much long wait, President Bola Tinubu on Saturday sent a 32-person Ambassadorial nominees’ list to the Senate for confirmation with former Governors Okezie Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as well as the immediate past INEC Chairman Mahmud Yakubu making the list.
Also prominent among the list contained in a statement by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga include former presidential aide, Reno Omokri; ex-minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and a former deputy Governor of Lagos state Otunba Femi Pedro.
A breakdown of the list indicates that 15 nominees are career ambassadors and 17 nominees are non-career ambassadors while ten women made the list with four as career ambassadors and six non-career ambassadors.
According to the statement, the nominees will be assigned to nations Nigeria has relationships with and other international bodies like the United Nations.
The full list of 32 ambassadorial nominees ::::
Non-Career Ambassador Nominees (17)
1. Barr. Ogbonnaya Kalu – Abia
2. Reno Omokri – Delta
3. Prof. Mahmud Yakubu – former INEC Chairman
4. Erelu Angela Adebayo – former Ekiti First Lady
5. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi – former Enugu Governor
6. Tasiu Musa Maigari – former Speaker, Katsina State Assembly
7. Yakubu N. Gambo – former Plateau Commissioner / former UBEC deputy executive secretary
8. Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut – former Senator, Plateau
9. Otunba Femi Pedro – former Lagos Deputy Governor
10. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode – former Aviation Minister, Osun
11. Barr. Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu – Anambra
12. Fatima Florence Ajimobi – former Oyo First Lady
13. Lola Akande – former Lagos Commissioner
14. Grace Bent – former Senator, Adamawa
15. Victor Okezie Ikpeazu – former Abia Governor
16. Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim – Senator & businessman, Ondo
17. Amb. Paul Oga Adikwu – former Ambassador to the Holy See, Benue.
Career Ambassador Nominees (15)
18. Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu – Abia
19. Yakubu Nyaku Danladi – Taraba
20. Miamuna Ibrahim Besto – Adamawa
21. Musa Musa Abubakar – Kebbi
22. Syndoph Paebi Endoni – Bayelsa
23. Chima Geoffrey Lioma David – Ebonyi
24. Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim – Ogun
25. Abimbola Samuel Reuben – Ondo
26. Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah – Edo
27. Hamza Mohammed Salau – Niger
28. Amb. Shehu Barde – Katsina
29. Amb. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno – Borno
30. Amb. Muhammad Saidu Dahiru – Kaduna
31. Amb. Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari – Kwara
32. Amb. Wahab Adekola Akande – Osun
