This was contained in the two letters sent to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
According to Chief Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the nominees comprise 17 non-career diplomats and 15 career officers selected to represent Nigeria in key international and multilateral institutions.
There are four women as career ambassador nominees and six women as non-career ambassador nominees .
The list is as below:
Non-Career Ambassadors (17 nominees)
1.Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (Bauchi) – Former INEC Chairman
2. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (Osun) – Former Aviation Minister
3.Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu (Abia)
4.Reno Omokri (Delta) – Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
5.Chief Mrs Bisi Angela Adebayo (Ekiti) – Former Ekiti First Lady
6.Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) – Former Governor of Enugu State
7.Tasiu Musa Maigari (Katsina) – Former Speaker, Katsina House of Assembly
8.Yakubu N. Gambo (Plateau) – Former Plateau Commissioner.
9.Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut (Plateau) – Former Senator
10.Otunba Femi Pedro (Lagos) – Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State
11.Barr. Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu (Anambra) – Legal practitioner
12.Fatima Florence Ajimobi (Oyo) – Former First Lady of Oyo State
13.Lola Akande (Lagos) – Former Lagos State Commissioner
14.Grace Bent (Adamawa) – Former Senator
15.Dr. Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) – Former Governor of Abia State
16.Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo) – former Senator
17.Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu (Benue) – Former Ambassador to the Holy See
Career Ambassadors (15 nominees)
1.Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo)
2.Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia)
3..Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba)
4.Ambassador Shehu Barde (Katsina)
5.Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa)
6.Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi)
7.Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun)
8.Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa)
9.Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi)
10.Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo)
11.Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger)
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)
Their specific country of deployment will be assigned and announced by the President after the Senate completes their screening and confirmation process.
Wishing them a fruitful and dedicating diplomatic service to their mother land.
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