Olushola Omogbehin
President Bola Tinubu has finally sent the 65 nominated ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to their various countries of representation, with Senator Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
This was announced on Thursday by the Special Adviser to President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
He said 34 non-career and 31 career ambassadors have been assigned to their duty posts including former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode assigned to Germany and Reno Omokri to Mexico.
In the list of high-profile non-career ambassadors are, former Katsina State Governor Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau who will serve in Beijing (China) and Former Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu who will serve in Spain.
Lateef Kayode Are to United States, former Health Minister Prof. Isaac Adewole to Canada, Senator Grace Bent will serve in Togo while former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi will serve in Athens (Greece). Senator Ita Enang has been posted to South Africa.
Aminu Dalhatu, a close associate of the President, will serve as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, while Ayodele Oke, former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, will serve in France.
Others are: Fatima Ajimobi to Vienna (Austria), Mrs Lola Akande to Stockholm (Sweden), and Joe-Kyari Okocha, SAN, to Dublin (Ireland). Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut has been posted to Seoul (South Korea), while Dr Kulu Haruna Abubakar will serve in Tunis (Tunisia).
Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu will serve in Tel Aviv (Israel), Mahmud Yakubu in Doha (Qatar), and Yakubu Gambo in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas will represent Nigeria in Manila (Philippines), while Paul Adikwu has been assigned to the Vatican City Holy See.
In the non-career ambassador postings are Engr. Abasi Braimah to Budapest (Hungary), Erelu Angela Adebayo to Lisbon (Portugal), Oluwayimika Ayotunwa to Tokyo (Japan), Chioma Ohakim to Warsaw (Poland), Olufemi Pedro to Canberra (Australia), Mohammed Aliyu to Buenos Aires (Argentina), Joseph Sola Iji to Moscow (Russia), and Jerry Manwe to Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago).
Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele will serve in Algiers (Algeria), Ambassador Shehu Barde in Accra (Ghana), Ambassador Aminu Nasir in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami has been posted to Nairobi (Kenya), Ambassador Ayeni Adebayo to Brussels (Belgium) and Ambassador Akande Wahab to Berne (Switzerland).
Other career postings include Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa (Côte d’Ivoire), Besto Maimuna Ibrahim to Niamey (Niger), Ahmed Mohammed Monguno to Cairo (Egypt), Ambassador Jane Adams to Kingston (Jamaica), and Ambassador Clark-Omeru Alexandra to Lusaka (Zambia), Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris in The Hague (Netherlands), and Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar in Rabat (Morocco)
Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru will serve in New Delhi (India), Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad in Dakar (Senegal), Abubakar Musa in N’Djamena (Chad).
Additional career postings include Ambassador Sulu Gambari to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Ambassador Romata Mohammed to Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Ambassador Shaga John to Gaborone (Botswana), Hamza Salau to Tehran (Iran), and Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola to Cotonou (Benin).
Chima Geoffrey David to Bamako (Mali), Ambassador Odumah Yvonne to Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Monica Okwuchukwu to São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe), Endoni Syndoph to Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Ambassador Gergadi Joseph to Libreville (Gabon), Ambassador Luther Ayo-Kalata to Freetown (Sierra Leone), Danladi Yakubu to Khartoum (Sudan), and Bello Dogon-Daji to Bangkok (Thailand).
Ambassador Wasa Segun Ige will serve in Beirut (Lebanon), Ruben Abimbola Samuel in Rome (Italy), Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu in Maputo (Mozambique), Ambassador Magaji Umar in Kinshasa (DR Congo), and Ambassador Arewa Esther in Windhoek (Namibia).
According to Onanuga, “The Ministry has conveyed the nominations of the other 62 designated envoys to all the countries concerned, including a request for their agréments in line with standard diplomatic practice.”
Meanwhile, President Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and high commissioners.
