The Senate has rejected the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to
it by President Muhammadu Buhari . The lawmakers said the list will be
sent back to President Muhammadu Buhari “for resubmission and
re-jigging.”
According to reports, one of the grounds for the rejection was that
,some state governors had protested against their non-involvement in the
selection . Two nominees,Tallen and Bugaje had earlier rejected their
nominations, citing failure to duly consult them.
The nominees are The 46 man list includes Professor
Mohamed Yisa (Kwara), Justice George Adesola Oguntade (retd.)(Lagos),
Senator Olorunimbe Mamora (Lagos), Modupe Irele (Lagos), Musa Ilu
Muhammad (Nasarawa), Mohammad Ibeto (Niger), Ade Asekun (Ogun), Sola Iji
(Ondo), Adegboyega Ogunwusi (Osun), Maj.-Gen. Ashimiyu Olaniyi (retd.)
(Oyo), Pauline Tallen (Plateau) and Dr. Haruna Bawa Abdullahi (Plateau).
Francis Efeduma (Delta), Jonah Odo (Ebonyi), Uyagwe Igbe (Edo), Ayodele
Ayodeji (Ekiti), Maj.-Gen. Chris Eze (retd.)(Enugu), Suleiman Hassan
(Gombe), Amin Muhammad Dalhatu (Jigawa), Muhammad Yaro (Kaduna), Deborah
Iliya (Kaduna), Prof. D. Abdulkadir (Kano), Haruna Ungogo (Kano),
Justice lsa Dodo (Katsina), Dr. Usman Bugaje (Katsina), Prof. Tijjani
Bande (Kebbi), Prof Y. O. Aliu (Kogi) and Nuruddeen Mohamed (Kwara).
Others are Orji Ngofa (Rivers), Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor
(Rivers), Jamila Ahmadu-Suka (Sokoto), Kabiru Umar (Sokoto), Mustapha
Jaji (Taraba), Goni Modu Zanna Bura (Yobe), Garba Gajam (Zamfara) and
Cpt. Abdullahi Uba Garbasi (Zamfara) were also nominated.
Dr. Uzoma Ememke (Abia State), Dr. Clifford Zirra (Adamawa), Maj.-Gen.
Godwin Umo (retd.) (Akwa Ibom), Christopher Okeke (Anambra), Yusuf
Tugar (Bauchi), Baba Madugu (Bauchi), Brig.-Gen. Stanley Diriyai
(Bayelsa), Dr. Enyantu Ifenne (Benue), Mohammed Hayatuddeen (Borno) and
Dr. Etubom Asuquo (Cross River) were also on that list.
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