“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.

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