President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted a fresh list of non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.
The nominations were unveiled on Thursday during plenary, after Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the president’s letter to lawmakers.
In the correspondence, Tinubu called for accelerated consideration to enable the Federal Government to fill critical foreign diplomatic positions.
After the announcement, the Senate President referred the list to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also directed the panel to screen the nominees and submit its report within one week.
Prominent among the nominees are the immediate past Sole Administrator of Rivers State and former Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas; former presidential aide, Ita Enang; former Imo First Lady, Chioma Ohakim; and former Minister of Interior and ex–Chief of Army Staff, Abdulrahman Dambazau.
Recall that Tinubu had last week submitted first list of ambassadorial nominees to the Senate.