President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, forwarded a 46-person list of non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate. Among the nominees mentioned by Senate President Bukola Saraki on the floor of the Senate on Thursday are Dr. Olorunnibe Mamora, a former senator and Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly; Mrs. Pauline Tallen, a former deputy governor of Plateau State; Dr. Usman Bugaje, a former member of the House of Representatives; and Mr. Mohammed Ibeto, a former deputy governor of Niger State. Other names on the list include Nurudeen Mohammed, Jamila Ahmadu-Saka, Yusuf Tugar and Suleiman Hassan. The list was preceded by that of 47 career ambassadors sent by President Buhari, on June 9, to the Senate for confirmation.
Full list of non-career ambassadorial nominees below:
Abia- Dr. (Mrs) Uzoma E. Emenike
Adamawa- Dr. Cliford Zirra
Akwa Ibom- Major General GodwinUmo (retd)
Anambra- Christopher J .N. Okeke
Bauchi- Yusuf Tuggar
Bayelsa- Brigadier General StanleyDiriyai
Benue- Dr. Enyantu Ifeme
Cross Rivers- Dr. Etuborn N.E Asuquo
Delta- Engr Francis Efeduma
Ebonyi- Jonah Odo
Edo-Uyagwe igbe
Ekiti- Ayodele L. Ayodeji
Enugu- Major General Chris Eze
Gombe- Alhaji Suleiman Hassan
Jigawa- Amin Muhammad
Kadunna- Mohammed Yaro
Kaduna- Deborahlliya
Kano- Prof. D. Abdulkadir
Kano- Alhaji Haruna Ungogo
Katsina- Justice Isa Dodo
Katsina- Usman Bugaje
Kebbi- Prof. Tijani Bande
Kogi- Prof. Y.O Aliu
Kwara- Nurudeen Mohammed
Kwara- Prof. MohamedYisa
Lagos- Justice Gorge Oguntade
Lagos- Senator OMamora
Lagos-Modupe Irele
Nasarawa- Musa Muhammad
Niger- Mohammedibeto
Ogun- Ade Asekun
Ondo- Barrister Sola Iji
Osun- Adegboyega Ogunwusi
Oyo- Major General Ashimiyu Olaniyi (Rtd)
Plateau- Pauline Tallen
Plateau- HarunaAbdulahi
Rivers- OrjiNgofa
Rivers- Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor
Sokoto- Jamila Ahmadu-Duka
Sokoto- Kabiru Umar
Taraba- Mustapha Jaji
Yobe- Goni Modu Zanna Bura
Zamfara- Garba Gajam
Zamfara- Captain Abdullahi Una Garbasi