Buhari replaces Mamora, Bugaje, accommodates Imo, FCT in new ambassadorial nominees list

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, re-forwarded names of non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for consideration and confirmation. President Buhari, had late last year, submitted 46 names of political ambassadorial nominees to the Senate. The list was greeted with criticisms and outcry.

Imo and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were omitted from the old list. Bowing to pressure, the Senate eventually rejected the list and sent it back to Buhari for further correct the lapses.

At a meeting held with leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC), National Assembly and Governors of the party, President Buhari had reportedly promised to accommodated the interest of critical stakeholders in the revised list.

Buhari’s promised was based on complaints from leaders of the party, who had accused him of not carrying them along in his policies and programmes.

In the new list however, names of prominent politicians who were accommodated in the previous one, have been removed. The name of former Speaker of Lagos State House of Asembly, Olorunnimbe Mamora, was removed

Similarly, a brother to Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, Adegboyega Ogunwusi was also dropped from the new list. ‎Imo and FCT made the new list.

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According to the Saraki, these are the names on the new list.‎ They are Uzoma Eminike (Abia); Aminu Lawal (Adamawa); Godwin Umoh (Akwa Ibom); Christopher Okeke (Anambra); Yusuf Maitama (Bauchi); Baba Maigudu (Bauchi); Stanley Douye (Bayelsa) and Stephen Uba (Benue).

Others are Baba Ahmed Gida (Borno); Utobong Asuquo (Cross River); Frank Ofegina (Delta); Joda Udoh (Ebonyi); Yagwe Ede (Edo); Eniola Ajayi (Ekiti); Chris Eze (Enugu);
Sulieman Hassan (Gombe); Sylvanus Usofo (Imo); Aminu Dalhatu (Jigawa); Ahmed Bamilli (Kaduna) and Deborah Yahaya (Kaduna).

Also included are D. Abdulkadir (Kano); Haruna Arungungu (Kano); Musa Udo (Katsina),
Mohammed Rimi (Katsina); Tijani Bande (Kebbi); Y. Aliu (Kogi); Nurudeen Mohammed (Kwara), Mohammed Isa (Kwara); Adesola Omotade (Lagos); Modupe Remi (Lagos); Musa Mohammed (Nasarawa); Ahmed Ibeto; Niger and Susan Aderonke Folarin (Ogun).

Jacob Daudu (Ondo); Afolayon Adeyemi (Osun); A. Olaniyi (Oyo); James Dmika (Plateau);
Haruna Abdullahi (Plateau); Orji Ngofa (Rivers); Sahibi Isa Dada (Sokoto); Kabir Umar (Sokoto); Jika Ado (Taraba); Goni Zana (Yobe); Garba T. (Zamfara); Bala Mohammad (Zamfara) and Ibrahim Dada (FCT) also made the list.

 

 

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