Buhari drops Ooni’s brother as he sends fresh names of ambassadorial nominees to Senate (SEE FULL LIST)
President Muhammadu Buhari sent a revised list of 46 non-career ambassadors for confirmation to the Senate. This was contained in a letter read on the floor by the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, January 12.
When Buhari first presented the non-career ambassadorial list in November, the Senate rejected it because there were numerous petitions against the nominees.
Also, two nominees, Pauline Tallen, a former deputy governor of Plateau state, and Usman Bugaje, from Katsina state, turned down their appointment.
Several new names are on the revised list while others like Adegboyega Ogunwusi (Osun), brother of Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife; George Oguntade, a former supreme court judge; Olorunnibe Mamora, a former Lagos-east senator; and Musa Ibeto from Niger were removed.
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Below is the full list.
1. Uzoma Eminike (Adamawa)
2. Aminu Lawal (Adamawa)
3. Godwin Umoh (Akwa Ibom)
4. Christopher J.N. Okeke (Anambra)
5. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi)
6. Baba Madugu (Bauchi)
7. Stanley Diriyai (Bayelsa)
8. Steven Ugba (Benue)
9. Baba Ahmed Gida (Borno)
10. Utobong Asuquo (Cross River)
11. Frank Efeduma (Delta)
12. Jonah M. Udoh (Ebonyi)
13. Uyagwe Igbe (Edo)
14. Eniola Ajayi (Ekiti)
15. Chris Eze (Enugu)
16. Suleiman Hassan (Gombe)
17. Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor (Imo)
18. Amin Muhammad Dalhatu (Jigawa)
19. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli (Kaduna)
20. Deborah S. Liya (Kaduna)
21. Prof. D. Abdulkadir (Kano)
22. Alhaji Haruna Ungogo (Kano)
23. Justice Isa Dodo (Katsina)
24. Mohammadu Rimi Barade (Katsina)
25. Tijani Bande (Kebbi)
26. Y. O. Aliu (Kogi)
27. Nurudeen Mohammed (Kwara)
28. Mohammed G. Yisa (Kwara)
29. Justice George Adesola Oguntade (Lagos)
30. Modupe Irele (Lagos)
31. Musa Ilu Muhammad (Nasarawa)
32. Ahmed Ibeto (Niger)
33. Suzanne Aderonke Folarin (Ogun)
34. Jacob Igbekele Daodu (Ondo)
35. Afolayon Adeyemi (Osun)
36. Asimiyu A. Olaniyi (Oyo)
37. James G. Dimka (Plateau)
38. Haruna Bawa Abdullahi (Plateau)
39. Orji Ngofa (Rivers)
40. Sahabi Isa Gada (Sokoto)
41. Kabiru Umar (Sokoto)
42. Alhaji Hassan Jika Ardo (Taraba)
43. Goni Modu Zanna (Yobe)
44. Alhaji Garba Garjam (Zamfara)
45. Bala Mohammed Mairiga (Zamfara)
46. Habiss Ibrahim Ugbada (FCT)