By Femi Anamelechi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation,In two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked the Senate to consider and confirm expeditiously 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees as non-career ambassadors.Here are the 17 non-career ambassadorial nominees 1- Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu – Abia2- Reno Omokri – Delta3- Prof. Mahmud Yakubu – (former INEC Chairman)4- Erelu Angela Adebayo – Ekiti (former First Lady)5,- Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi – Enugu (former Governor)6- Tasiu Musa Maigari – Katsina (former Speaker, Katsina House of Assembly)7- Yakubu N. Gambo – Plateau (former Commissioner & ex-Deputy Exec. Sec. UBEC)8- Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut – Plateau (former Senator)9- Otunba Femi Pedro – Lagos (former Deputy Governor)10′ Chief Femi Fani-Kayode – Osun (former Aviation Minister)11- Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu – Anambra12′ Fatima Florence Ajimobi – Oyo (former First Lady)13- Lola Akande – Lagos (former Commissioner)14′- Grace Bent – Adamawa (former Senator)15- Dr Victor Okezie Ikpeazu – Abia (former Governor)16- Senator Jimoh Ibrahim – Ondo (businessman, lawyer, Senator)17- Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu – Benue (former Ambassador to the Holy See)
Here are the 15 career ambassadors1- Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia)2- Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba)3- Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa)4- Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi)5- Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa)6- Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi)7- Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun)8′- Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo)9- Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo)10- Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger)11- Ambassador Shehu Barde (Katsina)12- Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno)13- Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna)14- Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara)15- Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun)
