The full list of 68 ambassadors nominated by President Bola Tinubu has emerged.
Newsone Nigeria reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated sixty-eight (68) ambassadors-designate to represent Nigeria in diplomatic missions across the world.
This online news platform understands that sixty-eight (68) ambassadors-designate include 34 career diplomats drawn from all states of the federation and 31 nominees that are non-career ambassadors, featuring prominent political figures and former public office holders.
The list of 68 ambassadors nominated by President Bola Tinubu includes Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (rtd.) from Cross River, former minister Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd.), former Lagos deputy governor Olufemi Pedro, and controversial political commentator Reno Omokri. Additionally, three diplomats—Ayodele Oke, Amin Mohammed Dalhatu, and retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are—have already been cleared by the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, marking the first phase in their path to full confirmation and deployment.
Below is the list of 68 ambassadors nominated by President Bola Tinubu:
CAREER AMBASSADORS (34):
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
Edo: 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
Katsina: Ambassador Aminu Nasu
Kebbi: Abubakar Musa Musa
Kebbi: 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
Niger: 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
Taraba: Danladi Yakubu Yaku
Zamfara: Bidu Dogondagi
NON-CAREER AMBASSADORS (31)
Dr. Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia)
Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu (Abia)
Adamawa: Senator Grace Bent
Akwa Ibom: Senator Eta Enang
Anambra: Nkechi Linda Okocha
Bauchi: Mahmoud Yakubu
Bayelsa: Philip K. Ikurusi
Benue: Paul Olga Adiku
Cross River: Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (rtd.)
Delta State: Reno Omokri
Edo: Hon. Abbasi Brahma
Ekiti: Erelu Angela Adebayo
Ekiti: Barrister Olumilua Oluwayemika
Enugu: Rt. Hon. Ugwanyi 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
Ondo: Ambassador Joseph Yusuf Shara’aji
Osun: Fani-Kayode
Oyo: Ajimobi Fatima Florence
Oyo: Lola Akande
Plateau: Yakubu N. Gambo
Plateau: Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut
Rivers: Onweze Chukwudi
Sokoto: Dr Kulu Haruna Abubakar
Taraba: Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe
Yobe: Adamu Garba
Tarba-Nagri
FIRST BATCH CLEARED BY SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS (3):
Oyo State: Ayodele Oke
Jigawa: Amin Mohammed Dalhatu
Ogun: Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are.
