Tinubu sends 65 new ambassadorial nominees to senate

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm 65 new ambassadorial nominees, made up of 34 career diplomats and 31 non-career ambassadors and high commissioners.

The request was contained in a letter read on the Senate floor on Thursday by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio.

Tinubu’s non-career list includes several well-known political figures such as former INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, ex-Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, former Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, and former presidential aide Reno Omokri.

Others on the list are Senator Ita Enang, former Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Chioma Ohakim, Bello Danbazau, retired Vice Admiral Ibok Ete, and Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, among others.

The Senate has referred both the career and non-career lists to its Committee on Foreign Affairs for screening, with a directive to report back within one week.

With this latest batch, the total number of ambassadorial nominees currently before the Senate has risen to 68. Three of them — Kayode Are, Aminu Dalhatu, and Ayodele Oke — have already been screened by the committee.