Postings for 88 new ambassadors are ready and the Federal Government is only waiting for responses from the recipient countries before sending the new envoys to their duty posts, Daily Trust learnt in Abuja at the weekend. �
Appointments for the new envoys were recently confirmed by the Senate and an induction was held for them.�
Sources at the Foreign Affairs ministry said those likely to remain at their present postings are the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Professor Adebowale Adefuye; High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Senator Dalhatu Tafida; and the Ambassador to China, Alhaji Aminu Wali.
Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, is being posted to Canada.
Other postings heard by Daily Trust are: Senator Haruna Garba from Gombe State, posted to Kuwait; Halliru Shuaibu from Kebbi State, posted to Sudan; Senator Abdallah Wali from Sokoto State, posted to Morocco; and Olatokunboh Kamson from Lagos State, posted to Spain.
There are also Cornelius Oluwateru from Ondo State, posted to Uganda; Taofeek Arapaja from Oyo State, posted to Burundi; Sani B. Saulawa, posted to Qatar; Tukur Mani from Katsina State, posted to Iran; and Matilda Kwashi from Plateau State, posted to Mozambique.
Dauda Danladi may go to North Korea, while Rabiu Dagari from Yobe State may be posted to France, our sources said.
When Daily Trust contacted spokesman for the Foreign ministry, Mr. Ode Ogbole, he said the Federal Government was waiting for responses from the foreign countries before issuing letters of credence to the new ambassadors.
?The sending state (Nigeria) will seek the approval or agreement of the receiving country by sending the ambassador?s credentials for verification before appointing an Ambassador or High Commissioner to a post or country,? he said.
Among the non-career envoys confirmed by the Senate are James Barka (Adamawa) Asam Asam (Akwa Ibom), Okwudili Nwosu (Anambra), Okeke Chukwuemeka (Anambra), Eric Aworahbi (Bayelsa),� Chive Kaave (Benue), Dauda Danladi (Borno), Katherine Okon (Cross River), Nwofe Alexander (Ebonyi), Victorial Bosede Onipede (Ekiti), Fedelia Njeze (Enugu), Nonye Rajis-Okpara (Imo),� Eddy Onuoha (Imo), Adamu Babangida Ibrahim (Katsina), Biodun Olorunfemi (Kogi), Sam Jimba (Nasarawa), Cornelius Oluwateru (Ondo), Roland Omowa (Ondo), Akinyemi Faroubi (Osun), Taofeek Arapaja (Oyo), Lawan Gana Guba (Yobe), Mrs. Sifawu Inu-Umoru Momoh (Edo State), Mr. Okafor Matthias Ojih (Ebonyi) and Esther Audu (FCT).
Career ambassadors confirmed include G.O. Ehiobuche (Abia), Hamman Joda (Adamawa), M. Gereng-Sen (Adamawa), S.B. Bassey (Akwa Ibom), C.N. Okafor (Anambra), D.G. Bala (Bauchi), M.S. Yunusa (Bauchi), P.O. Ogidi-Oke (Bayelsa), M. Adoli (Benue), I.V. Ogah (Benue), U. Sarki (Borno), G.A. Zakari (Borno), E. Auquo (Cross River), B. E. Achibong (Cross River), F.N. Isoh (Delta), N.C. Onianwa (Delta) and F. Awanbor (Edo).
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