“Full List of Tinubu’s Ambassador Nominees”
By Daniel Ojukwu
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted a fresh list of 32 people to the Senate to become Nigeria’s new ambassadors. The list has two parts: 17 non-career nominees (political figures and public personalities) and 15 career diplomats (career foreign-service officers).
Non-Career Ambassador Nominees (17 people)
- Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu (Abia)
- Reno Omokri (Delta)
- Prof. Mahmud Yakubu (Bauchi)
- Erelu Bisi Angela Adebayo (Ekiti)
- Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu)
- Tasiu Musa Maigari (Katsina)
- Yakubu N. Gambo (Plateau)
- Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut (Plateau)
- Otunba Femi Pedro (Lagos)
- Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (Osun)
- Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu (Anambra)
- Fatima Florence Ajimobi (Oyo)
- Lola Akande (Lagos)
- Grace Bent (Adamawa)
- Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia)
- Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo)
- Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu (Benue)
Career Ambassador Nominees (15 people)
- 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)
- Ambassador Shehu Barde (Katsina)
- Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno)
- Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna)
- Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara)
- Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun)
These appointments shape how Nigeria is represented abroad. Good ambassadors can help build diplomatic ties, support Nigerians living overseas, and promote Nigeria’s interests globally.