President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, 9th June, released the list of Ambassadorial nominees. This was disclosed after Saraki read out the list of the 47 ambassadors on the floor of the Senate as contained in a letter sent to the Senate President.
According to the letter, the nominees are career diplomats who will oversee Nigeria’s mission outside the country. The nominees include:
- Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba (Abia)
- Salisu Umaru (Adamawa)
- Inyan Udo-Inyang (Akwa Ibom)
- Okeke Vivian Nwunaku (Anambra)
- Liman Munir (Bauchi)
- Ndem Jane Ada (Benue)
- Mohammed Hassan Hassan (Borno)
- Martin Nyong Cobham (Cross River)
- Janet Omoleegho Olisa (Delta)
- Itegboje S. Sunday (Edo)
- Olatunde Adesesan (Ekiti)
- Lilian Ijeukwu Onoh (Enugu)
- Manaja Tula Isah (Gombe)
- Ngozi Ukaeje (Imo)
- Bello Kazaure Huessini (Jigawa)
- Enoch Pear Duchi (Kaduna)
- Garba Baba (Kano)
- Usman Bakori Aliyu (Katsina)
- Umar Zainab Salisu (Kebbi)
- Momoh Sheidu Omeiza (Kogi)
- Kadiri Ayinla Audu (Kwara)
- Balogun Hakeem (Lagos)
- Inusa Ahmed (Nasarawa)
- Ibrahim Isah (Niger)
- Bankole Adegboyega Adeoye (Ogun)
- Ibidapo-Obe Oluwasegun (Osun)
- Ogundero Sakirat (Oyo)
- Eric A. Bell-Gam (Rivers)
- Attahiru Halliru (Sokoto)
- Rahmatu A. Dunama (Taraba)
- Musa Saban Mamman (Yobe)
- Kabiru Bala (Zamfara)
- Adamu Onoze Shuaibu (FCT)
- Demenongu A. Agev (Benue)
- Toko Ali Gongulong (Borno)
- Ibrahim Hamza (Katsina)
- Kenneth C. Nwachukwu (Imo)
- Queen I. Worlu (Edo)
- Emmanuel Kayode Oguntause (Ekiti)
- Paragalda Ilyasu Audu (Adamawa)
- Lawan Abba Gashagar (Borno)
- Olufemi Abikoye (Kwara)
- Habu Abubakar Gwani Ibrahim (Gombe)
- Rabiu Akawu (Kano)
- Nonye Udo (Anambra)
- Odeka Janet Bisong (Cross River)
47. Sonaike Adekunbi Abibat (Ogun)