Buhari okays 95 ambassadors posting, six months after confirmation

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the posting of ambassador-designates to Nigerian missions abroad, six months after they were confirmed by the Senate.

The list includes 43 career ambassadors and 52 non-career ambassadors.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, announced the posting in a statement, adding that with the development, the process of requesting agreement from the prospective host countries had commenced.

The statement said, “There will be an induction course for the Ambassador-designates and their spouses which will hold on a date to be announced shortly to prepare and facilitate the movement of the envoys to their respective missions.”

The delay in posting the envoys was said to be due to the intense lobbying by non-career ambassadors, who are candidates of powerful politicians, including governors.

They were said to have lobbied for the Nigerian missions in the United Kingdom, the United States and other Western European countries.