Breaking: Buhari Seeks Confirmation Of 42 Ambassadorial Nominees By Senate

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Names of forty-two career ambassadorial nominees have been sent to the Nigerian Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Senate is expected to screen and confirm the nominees.

While reading the list, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said they are Career Foreign Service officers.

According to President Buhari, the curricular vitae of the nominees would be forwarded to the Senate.

Buhari’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary on Tuesday.

The 42 nominees, according to the letter, are: C.O. Nwachukwu (Abia); A. Kefas (Adamawa); R.U Brown (Akwa Ibom); G.A Odudigbo (Anambra); O.C Onowu (Anambra); Y.S. Suleiman (Bauchi); E.S. Agbana (Bayelsa); B.B.M. Okoyen (Bayelsa); G.M. Okoko (Benue); A.M. Garba (Borno); M.I. Bashir (Borno); M.O. Abam (Cross River); A.E. Allotey (Cross River); G. E. Edokpa (Edo); A. N. Madubuike (Enugu); Adamu Lamuwa (Gombe); Mr Innocent A. Iwejuo (Imo); M. S. Abubakar (Jigawa); Y. A. Ahmed (Jigawa); S. D. Umar (Kaduna); A. Sule (Kano); and G. Y. Hamza (Kano).

Others are: N. Rimi (Katsina); L. S. Ahmed-Remawa (Katsina); M. Manu (Kebbi); l. R. Ocheni (Kogi); l. A. Yusuf (Kogi); M. Abdulraheem (Kwara); W. A. Adedeji (Lagos); A. U. Ogah (Nasarawa); A. A. Musa (Niger); N. A. Kolo (Niger); S.O. Olaniyan (Ogun); A. R. Adejola (Ogun); O. E. Awe (Ondo); O. O. Aluko (Osun); I. A. Alatishe (Osun); V. A. Adeleke (Oyo); M. S. Adamu (Plateau); l. N. Charles (Rivers); Z M. lfu (Taraba); and B. B. Hamman (Yobe).

The Senate, also at plenary, urged the Federal Government to come to the aid of victims of the bomb blast that took place in Ilu Abo, Akure North of Ondo State.

The resolution was sequel to a point of order raised by Senator Ayo Akinyelure (PDP-Ondo), having cited order 42 and 52 of the Senate rule.

The Senate, also in its resolution, called for compensation and provision of relief materials by the National Emergency Agency to victims of the bomb blast.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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