President Bola Tinubu has approved the deployment of 65 ambassadors-designate to Nigeria’s foreign missions, months after their nominations were confirmed by the Senate.
Among the appointments, former presidential aide Reno Omokri has been posted to Mexico, while former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode will serve as Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany.
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has been assigned to Qatar, while Jimoh Ibrahim, senator representing Ondo South, will serve as Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN).
The presidency confirmed the postings in a statement issued on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy.
Onanuga disclosed Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin the induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and high commissioners immediately.
Below is the full list of the envoys and their postings:
Non-Career Ambassadors / High Commissioners
1. Grace Bent — Lome, Togo
2. Ita Enang — South Africa
3. Victor Ikpeazu — Spain
4. Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu — Tel-Aviv, Israel
5. Mahmood Yakubu — Qatar
6. Paul Oga Adikwu — Vatican City
7. Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas — Philippines
8. Reno Omokri — Mexico
9. Abasi Braimah — Hungary
10. Erelu Angela Adebayo — Portugal
11. Oluwayimika Ayotunwa Olumilua — Japan
12. Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi — Greece
13. Chioma Priscilla Ohakim — Poland
14. Aminu Dalhatu — United Kingdom
15. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau — China
16. Tasiu Musa Maigari — Gambia
17. Olufemi Pedro — Australia
18. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu — Argentina
19. Lateef Kayode Are — United States
20. Joseph Sola Iji — Russia
21. Jimoh Ibrahim — United Nations
22. Femi Fani-Kayode — Germany
23. Isaac Folorunso Adewole — Canada
24. Fatima Florence Ajimobi — Austria
25. Lola Akande — Sweden
26. Ayodele Oke — France
27. Yakubu N. Gambo — Saudi Arabia
28. Nora Ladi Daduut — South Korea
29. Onueze Chukwujika Joe Okocha — Ireland
30. Kulu Haruna Abubakar — Tunisia
31. Jerry Samuel Manwe — Trinidad and Tobago
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Career Ambassadors / High Commissioners
1. Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka — Côte d’Ivoire
2. Besto Maimuna Ibrahim — Niger
3. Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi — São Tomé
4. Mohammed Mahmud Lele — Algeria
5. Endoni Syndoph Paebi — Burkina Faso
6. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno — Egypt
7. Jane Adams Michael — Jamaica
8. Alexandra Clark-Omeru — Zambia
9. Chima Geoffrey Lioma David — Mali
10. Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah — Equatorial Guinea
11. Wasa Segun Ige — Lebanon
12. Ruben Abimbola Samuel — Italy
13. Ogechukwu Kingsley Onaga — Mozambique
14. Magaji Umar — DR Congo
15. Muhammad Saidu Dahiru — India
16. Abdussalam Habu Zayyad — Senegal
17. Shehu Ilu Barde — Ghana
18. Aminu Nasir — Ethiopia
19. Abubakar Musa Musa — Chad
20. Haidara Mohammed Idris — Netherlands
21. Bako Adamu Umar — Morocco
22. Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed — Malaysia
23. Romata Mohammed Omobolanle — Tanzania
24. Shaga John Shamah — Botswana
25. Hamza Mohammed Salau — Iran
26. Ibrahim Danlami — Kenya
27. Adeola Mopelola Ibrahim — Benin
28. Adebayo Emmanuel Ayeni — Belgium
29. Wahab Adekola Akande — Switzerland
30. Esther Arewa — Namibia
31. Gergadi Joseph John — Gabon
32. Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata — Sierra Leone
33. Danladi Yakubu Nyaku — Sudan
34. Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru — Thailand