By Haruna Salami
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of the remaining 64 ambassadorial nominees.
Thirty-four (34) of them are career ambassadors while the other 30 are non-career ambassadors.
Their confirmations followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, which conducted the screening exercise.
Those confirmed at the Plenary on Thursday include as serving Senator, Jimoh Ibrahim from Ondo State, former governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu; ex-minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri.
Others in the list include a former governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu; a former deputy governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro, former Ekiti first lady, Erelu Angela Adebayo and former Adamawa Senator, Grace Bent.
Others confirmed as non-career ambassador designates are Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia; a former speaker of the Katsina House of Assembly, Tasiu Musa Maigari; a former Commissioner in Plateau State and ex-deputy executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Yakubu N. Gambo. A former Senator from Plateau, Nora Ladi Daduut; Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu from Anambra State; ex-First Lady of Oyo, Fatima Florence Ajimobi; former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande, and the former ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See, Paul Oga Adikwu from Benue State were also confirmed. Apart from these, other career ambassadors and high commissioner-designates were also confirmed by the Nigerian Senate.They are 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) and 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) are equally on the list of nominees. Others are Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna), Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kawara) and Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun). A breakdown of the list shows that there are four women on the career ambassadors’ list and six on the non-career ambassadors’ list. The Nigerian Senate had last week confirmed three other non-career ambassadors. They are Lateef Kayode Kolawole Are from Ogun State, Aminu Muhammad Dalhatu from Jigawa State, and Emmanuel Ayodele Oke from Oyo State, bringing the total number of confirmed ambassadors to 67.
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