Tinubu nominates Ibas, Dambazau as ambassadors
President Bola Tinubu has forwarded a fresh batch of non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate, including Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, former Rivers State sole administrator and ex-naval chief.
Also nominated are former senator Ita Enang; former Imo First Lady, Chioma Ohakim; and ex-interior minister and former Chief of Army Staff, Abdulrahman Dambazau. Their names were not included in the earlier list released by the presidency.
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The nominations were contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Thursday’s plenary. In the correspondence, Tinubu urged lawmakers to expedite their confirmation to facilitate key diplomatic appointments.
Akpabio subsequently referred the list to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, directing it to complete the screening and report back within one week.
This comes after the president had nominated Reno Omokri, Femi Fani-Kayode, and former INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu as ambassadors in a previous batch.
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