29/11/2025
๐AMBASSADORIAL ENGAGEMENTS! - NEYA KALU MAKES TINUBUโS AMBASSADORIAL NOMINEES โ LIST
Today 29 /11/ 2025, Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi, Omokri, Fani-Kayode, ex-INEC Chair also nominated.
President Tinubuโs nomination of Neya Kalu came among a diverse group of 32 ambassadorial nominees (15 career diplomats, 17 non-career) detailed in letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The list features four women among the career nominees and six among the non-career group, reflecting the administrationโs push for gender inclusion in foreign service.
Notable non-career nominees also include Reno Omokri (former presidential aide), Prof Mahmud Yakubu (ex-INEC Chair), Erelu Angela Adebayo (ex-Ekiti First Lady), Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (ex-Enugu Governor), Tasiu Musa Maigari (ex-Katsina Speaker), Yakubu N. Gambo (ex-Plateau Commissioner), Prof Nora Ladi Daduut (ex-Senator, Plateau), Otunba Femi Pedro (ex-Lagos Deputy Governor), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (ex-Aviation Minister), Fatima Florence Ajimobi (ex-Oyo First Lady), Lola Akande (ex-Lagos Commissioner), Grace Bent (ex-Adamawa Senator), Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (ex-Abia Governor), Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo), and Amb Paul Oga Adikwu (ex-ambassador to the Holy See).
Fifteen career diplomats include Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia), Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba), Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa), Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi), Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa), Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi), Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun), Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo), Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo), Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger), Amb Shehu Barde (Katsina), Amb Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno), Amb Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna), Amb Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara), and Amb Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun).
The nominees are to be posted to key partner countries such as China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the UAE, Qatar, South Africa, and Kenya, as well as multilateral institutions including the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union. Specific postings will be assigned after Senate confirmation. This batch follows recent appointments of Amb Ayodele Oke, Amb Amin Mohammed Dalhatu, and Retired Col Lateef Kayode Are, expected to be posted to the UK, USA, or France.
President Tinubu reiterated his intention to announce further ambassadorial appointments as part of a broader reorganisation of Nigeriaโs global diplomatic representation.
JUST SAYING; CONGRATULATIONS
