The Senate on Thursday confirmed the nomination of 64 persons as Career and Non-Career Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The confirmation followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, presented by its Chairman, Senator Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger North).
Presenting the report, Senator Bello said the committee had screened the nominees and found them suitable for appointment, noting that their nominations complied with relevant laws and guidelines governing diplomatic postings.
According to the report, 34 nominees were confirmed as Career Ambassadors, while 30 others were cleared as Non-Career Ambassadors.
Those confirmed as Career Ambassadors include Amb. Nwaobiala Ezenwa Chukwuemeka (Abia), Betso Maimunah Ibrahim (Adamawa), Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi (Anambra), Amb. Mohammed Mahmud Lele (Bauchi), Amb. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno), Amb. Adams Jane Bassey (Cross River), Amb. Sulu-Gambari Olatunji Ahmed (Kwara), Amb. Ramat Mohammed Omobolanle (Lagos), Amb. Adeyemi Adebayo Emmanuel (Ekiti), Amb. Okechukwu Kingsley Onaga (Enugu), Amb. Abdussalam Habu Zayyad (Kano), Amb. Shehu Ilu Barde (Katsina), Amb. Haidara Mohammed Idris (Kebbi), Amb. Bako Adamu Umar (Kogi), Amb. Shaga John Shamah (Nasarawa), Amb. Ibrahim Danlami (Niger), Reuben Abimbola Samuel (Ondo), Amb. Akande Wahab Adekola (Osun), Amb. Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata (Rivers), Danladi Yakubu Nyaku (Taraba) and Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru (Sokoto), among others.
The Senate also confirmed several prominent political figures and technocrats as Non-Career Ambassadors. They include former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Ita S.J. Enang; former Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu; former INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu; former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (rtd); former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (rtd); and former Ondo lawmaker, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim.
Others confirmed include Chief Olufemi Fani-Kayode, Prof. Isaac Adewole, Mr. Reno Omokri, Chief Olufemi Pedro, former Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Mrs. Ajimobi Fatima Florence, Senator Grace Bent, Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut and Dr. Yakubu N. Gambo.
Out of the 65 nominees transmitted to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, only the nominee from Yobe State, Adamu Garba Talba Nangree, was not confirmed, having been absent from the screening exercise.
After the adoption of the report, Senate President Godswill Akpabio formally confirmed the nominees and urged them to serve Nigeria diligently while projecting the country’s image positively in their respective diplomatic postings.
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