Buhari nominates 41 non-career ambassadors
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated 41 non-career ambassadors-designate.
He also nominated one career ambassadordesignate representing the FCT.
Buhari, in a letter Buhari addressed to Senate President,Ahmad Lawan requesting approval for the nomination, said this was in accordance with Section 171 (1),(2)(c) & sub-section (4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
The list showed that Kano, Kwara and Oyo had three nominees each, two each from Benue, Borno and Adamawa; while the rest, except Abia and FCT had one each.
The nominees are: Umar Suleiman (Adamawa), L.S. Mandama (Adamawa), Oboro Effiong Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Elejah Onyeagba (Anambra), Abubakar D. Ibrahim Siyi (Bauchi), Philip
K. Ikurusi (Bayelsa), Tarzcor Terhemen (Benue), Paul Oga Adikwu (Benue), Al-Bishir Ibrahim Al-Hussain (Borno), Bwala Yusuf Bukar (Borno), Monique Ekpong (Cross River), Oma Djebah (Delta), Ominyi N. Eze (Ebonyi), Yamah Mohammed Musa (Edo), C. O. Ugwu (Enugu) and Hajara I. Salim (Gombe).
Others are: Obiezu Ijeoma Chinyerem (Imo), Ali M. Magashi (Jigawa), M. A. Makarfi (Kaduna), Hamisu Umar Takalmawa (Kano), Imam Galandanci (Kano),
Amina Ado Kurawa (Kano), Yahaya Lawal (Katsina), Dare Sunday Awoniyi (Kogi), Ibrahim Kayode Laaro (Kwara), Abioye Bello (Kwara), Zara Maazu Umar (Kwara), Ademola Seriki (Lagos), Henry John Omaku (Nasarawa), Sarafa Tunji Ishola (Ogun), Nimi Akinkube (Ondo), Adejaba Bello (Osun), Adeshina Alege (Oyo), Debo Adesina (Oyo), Folakemi Akinyele (Oyo), Shehu Abdullahi Yibaikwai (Plateau), Maureen Tamuno (Rivers), Faruk Yabo (Sokoto), Adamu M. Hassan (Taraba),Yusuf Mohammed (Yobe) and Abubakar Moriki (Zamfara).
Buhari also requested the Senate’s confirmation for the appointment of Idahahbon Williams Omoregie Henry as commissioner representing Edo, Ekiti and Ondo States in the Federal Civil Service Commission as well as Usman Mahmud Hassan as commissioner representing Kaduna in the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission.