BREAKING: Tinubu nominates Mahmood Yakubu, Fani-Kayode, Omokri, 29 others as ambassadors

President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of 32 additional ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, following the recent submission of an initial three nominees.

The list includes former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman Mahmud Yakubu, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri from Delta State, and former Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, among others.

“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,” stated Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on Saturday.

In the statement titled, ‘Tinubu nominates 32 additional ambassadors,’ Onanuga added, “There are four women on the career ambassadors’ list and six women on the non-career ambassadors’ list.”

“Among the non-career ambassador designates are Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia, a former presidential aide, Reno Omokri (Delta), former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmud Yakubu, former Ekiti first lady, Erelu Adebayo, and former Enugu governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

“Others are Tasiu Musa Maigari, the former speaker of the Katsina House of Assembly, Yakubu N. Gambo, a former Commissioner in Plateau State and former Deputy Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission.

“Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, a former senator from Plateau; Otunba Femi Pedro, a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State; Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister from Osun State; and Nkechi Ufochukwu from Anambra State are on the nomination list,” the statement continued.

Also included are former Oyo First Lady Fatima Florence Ajimobi, ex-Lagos Commissioner Lola Akande, former Adamawa Senator Grace Bent, ex-Abia Governor Victor Okezie Ikpeazu, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, businessman and lawyer Senator from Ondo State, and former Nigerian ambassador to the Holy See, Paul Oga Adikwu from Benue State.