President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has approved the posting of the 65 ambassadors whose nominations were confirmed last December, assigning them to their respective host countries.
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has been posted to Qatar as Nigeria’s Ambassador, while former presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri, was posted to Mexico City, and ex-Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, was sent to Germany.
This is contained in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday.
Tinubu has directed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should immediately commence the induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and high commissioners.
A statement issued by Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga, revealed the full list of 31 career and 34 non-career ambassadors posted by President Bola Tinubu to various countries and the United Nations.
Non-Career Ambassadors
- Senator Grace Bent → Lome, Togo
2. Sen. Ita Enang → South Africa
3. Ikpeazu Victor → Spain
4. Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu → Tel-Aviv, Israel
5. Mahmud Yakubu → Qatar
6. Paul Oga Adikwu → The Vatican City (Holy See)
7. Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas → The Philippines
8. Mr. Reno Omokri → Mexico City, Mexico
9. Hon. (Engr.) Abasi Braimah (FMHR) → Budapest, Hungary
10. Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo → Portugal
11. Barr. Olumilua Oluwayimika Ayotunwa → Tokyo, Japan
12. Rt. Hon. Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi Lawrence → Athens, Greece
13. Barr. Chioma Priscilla Ohakim → Warsaw, Poland
14. Aminu Dalhatu → United Kingdom (UK)
15. Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau → Beijing, China
16. Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari → Gambia
17. Olufemi Pedro → Australia
18. Barr. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu → Argentina
19. Lateef Kayode Are → USA
20. Amb. Joseph Sola Iji → Russia
21. Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim → UN Permanent Representative
22. Femi Fani-Kayode → Germany
23. Prof. Isaak Folorunso Adewole → Ottawa, Canada
24. Ajimobi Fatima Florence (F) → Austria
25. Mrs. Lola Akande (F) → Sweden
26. Ayodele Oke → France
27. Yakubu N. Gambo → Saudi Arabia
28. Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut → Seoul, South Korea
29. Barr. Onueze Chukwujika Joe Okocha SAN → Dublin, Ireland
30. Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar → Tunis, Tunisia
31. Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe → Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (T&T)
Career Ambassadors
- Amb. Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka → Côte d’Ivoire
33. Besto Maimuna Ibrahim → Niamey, Niger
34. Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi → Sao Tome and Principe (STP)
35. Amb. Mohammed Mahmud Lele → Algiers, Algeria
36. Endoni Syndoph Paebi → Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
37. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno → Cairo, Egypt
38. Amb. Jane Adams (nee Okon) Michael (F) → Kingston, Jamaica
39. Amb. Clark-Omeru Alexandra (F) → Lusaka, Zambia
40. Chima Geoggrey Lioma David → Bamako, Mali
41. Amb. Odumah Yvonne Ehinosien → Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
42. Amb. Wasa Segun Ige → Beirut, Lebanon
43. Ruben Abimbola Samuel (F) → Rome, Italy
44. Amb. Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley → Maputo, Mozambique
45. Amb. Magaji Umar → Kinshasa, DR Congo
46. Amb. Muhammad Saidu Dahiru → New Delhi, India
47. Amb. Abdussalam Habu Zayyad → Dakar, Senegal
48. Amb. Shehu Ilu Barde → Accra, Ghana
49. Amb. Aminu Nasir → Ethiopia
50. Abubakar Musa Musa → N’Djamena, Chad
51. Amb. Haidara Mohammed Idris → The Hague, Netherlands
52. Amb. Bako Adamu Umar → Rabat, Morocco
53. Amb. Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed → Malaysia
54. Amb. Romata Mohammed Omobolanle (F) → Tanzania
55. Amb. Shaga John Shamah → Botswana
56. Salau, Hamza Mohammed → Tehran, Iran
57. Amb. Ibrahim Danlami → Kenya
58. Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola (F) → Cotonou, Benin
59. Amb. Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel → Brussels, Belgium
60. Amb. Akande Wahab Adekola → Berne, Switzerland
61. Amb. Arewa (nee Adedokun) Esther (F) → Windhoek, Namibia
62. Amb. Gergadi Joseph John → Libreville, Gabon
63. Amb. Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata (F) → Sierra Leone
64. Danladi Yakubu Nyaku → Khartoum, Sudan
65. Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru → Bangkok, Thailand
