FULL LIST: Tinubu Sends 32 Ambassadorial Nominees to Senate

President Bola Tinubu has submitted a list of 32 ambassador-designate nominees to the Senate for confirmation.

The nominees include 17 non-career diplomats and 15 career ambassadors who are expected to be posted to countries and multilateral missions considered strategic to Nigeria’s foreign policy interests.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced the list in a statement on Saturday.

Non-career nominees

1. Ogbonnaya Kalu (Abia)
2. Reno Omokri (Delta) – former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
3. Mahmood Yakubu (Bauchi) – former INEC Chairman
4. Bisi Angela Adebayo (Ekiti) – former Ekiti First Lady
5. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) – former governor of Enugu State
6. Tasiu Musa Maigari (Katsina) – former Speaker, Katsina House of Assembly
7. Yakubu N. Gambo (Plateau) – former Plateau commissioner, ex-UBEC Deputy Executive Secretary
8. Nora Ladi Daduut (Plateau) – former senator
9. Femi Pedro (Lagos) – former deputy governor of Lagos State
10. Femi Fani-Kayode (Osun) – former aviation minister
11. Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu (Anambra) – legal practitioner
12. Fatima Florence Ajimobi (Oyo) – former First Lady of Oyo State
13. Lola Akande (Lagos) – former Lagos commissioner
14. Grace Bent (Adamawa) – former senator
15. Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) – former governor of Abia State
16. Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo) – businessman and former senator
17. Paul Oga Adikwu (Benue) – former ambassador to the Holy See

Career nominees

1. Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia)
2. Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba)
3. Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa)
4. Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi)
5. Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa)
6. Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi)
7. Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun)
8. Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo)
9. Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo)
10. Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger)
11. Shehu Barde (Katsina)
12. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno)
13. Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna)
14. Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara)
15. Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun)

The nominees, once confirmed, will be deployed to key diplomatic posts, including China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa and Kenya, as well as Nigeria’s permanent missions to the United Nations, UNESCO and the African Union.

The Senate is expected to screen and confirm the nominees in the coming days.