President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the deployment of 65 ambassadors to foreign missions and the UN, including Femi Fani-Kayode to Germany and Reno Omokri to Mexico.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of 65 ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to various countries and the United Nations. Among the non-career appointees, Femi Fani-Kayode will serve in Germany while presidential aide Reno Omokri has been assigned to Mexico, according to a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The list includes 34 non-career and 31 career ambassadors, with former Interior Minister Abdulrahman Dambazau posted to China and Senator Jimoh Ibrahim named Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. The Presidency said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will begin an induction programme for the envoys as host countries process diplomatic approval (agrément) before they assume duty.
Non-Career Ambassadors / High Commissioners (34)
- Grace Bent — Togo
- Ita Enang — South Africa
- Okezie Ikpeazu — Spain
- Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu — Israel
- Mahmud Yakubu — Qatar
- Paul Oga Adikwu — Vatican City
- Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas — Philippines
- Reno Omokri — Mexico
- Abasi Braimah — Hungary
- Angela Adebayo — Portugal
- Oluwayimika Ayotunwa — Japan
- Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi — Greece
- Chioma Ohakim — Poland
- Aminu Dalhatu — United Kingdom
- Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau — China
- Tasiu Musa Maigari — Gambia
- Olufemi Pedro — Australia
- Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu — Argentina
- Lateef Kayode Are — United States
- Joseph Sola Iji — Russia
- Jimoh Ibrahim — United Nations
- Femi Fani-Kayode — Germany
- Isaac Folorunso Adewole — Canada
- Fatima Florence Ajimobi — Austria
- Lola Akande — Sweden
- Ayodele Oke — France
- Yakubu N. Gambo — Saudi Arabia
- Nora Ladi Daduut — South Korea
- Onueze Chukwujika Joe Okocha — Ireland
- Kulu Haruna Abubakar — Tunisia
- Jerry Samuel Manwe — Trinidad and Tobago
Career Ambassadors / High Commissioners (31)
- Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka — Côte d’Ivoire
- Besto Maimuna Ibrahim — Niger
- Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi —São Tomé and Príncipe
- Mohammed Mahmud Lele — Algeria
- Endoni Syndoph Paebi — Burkina Faso
- Ahmed Mohammed Monguno — Egypt
- Jane Adams Michael — Jamaica
- Clark-Omeru Alexandra — Zambia
- Chima Geoffrey Lioma David — Mali
- Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen —Equatorial Guinea
- Wasa Segun Ige — Lebanon
- Ruben Abimbola Samuel — Italy
- Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley — Mozambique
- Magaji Umar — DR Congo
- Muhammad Saidu Dahiru — India
- Abdussalam Habu Zayyad — Senegal
- Shehu Ilu Barde — Ghana
- Aminu Nasir — Ethiopia
- Abubakar Musa — Chad
- Haidara Mohammed Idris — Netherlands
- Bako Adamu Umar — Morocco
- Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed — Malaysia
- Romata Mohammed Omobolanle — Tanzania
- Shaga John Shamah — Botswana
- Hamza Mohammed Salau — Iran
- Ibrahim Danlami — Kenya
- Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola — Benin
- Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel — Belgium
- Akande Wahab Adekola — Switzerland
- Arewa Esther — Namibia
- Gergadi Joseph John — Gabon
- Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata — Sierra Leone
- Danladi Yakubu Nyaku — Sudan
- Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru — Thailand