Senate confirms Buratai, others as non-career ambassadors
Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of former service chiefs as noncareer ambassadors-designate.
They are: Gabriel Olonisakin, Tukur Buratai, Ibok-ete Ibas, Sadique Abubakar and Muhammad Usman.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on February 10 forwarded the names of the former service chiefs to the Senate for confirmation.
Adamu Bulkachuwa, chairman, Senate committee on foreign affairs, giving further insight into the committee’s report, said all the nominees had been cleared by the Department of Security Services (DSS).
Bulkachuwa informed his colleagues that the nominees had also presented their code of conduct slips and were all qualified and experienced to be confirmed as non-career ambassadors.
He said the committee was satisfied with their conduct, character and exposure.
Ahmad Lawan, president of the Senate, called on the executive to post them to countries where their experiences would be more useful in terms of their engagements.
According to him, “the nominees we have just confirmed are nominees that have served this country to the best of their ability as service chiefs and today, they have been confirmed as noncareer ambassadors.
“Our appeal to the executive arm of government is to make sure we utilise their experiences as service chiefs to the best because we should be able to post them to countries where they can be more useful in terms of their engagements as ambassadors,” Lawan said.