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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, forwarded a list of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate.
Among the nominees mentioned by Senate President Bukola Saraki on the floor of the Senate on Thursday are Dr. Olorunnibe Mamora, a former senator and Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly as well as Mr. Mohammed Ibeto, a former deputy governor of Niger State.
Recall that on June 9, the President sent a list of 47 career-diplomats as ambasadors to the senate for confirmation.
The names on the list sent today to the senate are as follows:
Abia- Dr. (Mrs) Uzoma E. Emenike
Adamawa- Dr. Cliford Zirra
Akwa Ibom- Major General GodwinUmo (retd)
Anambra- Christopher J .N. Okeke
Bauchi- Yusuf Tuggar
Bayelsa- Brigadier General StanleyDiriyai
Benue- Dr. Enyantu Ifeme
Cross Rivers- Dr. Etuborn N.E Asuquo
Delta- Engr Francis Efeduma
Ebonyi- Jonah Odo
Edo-Uyagwe igbe
Ekiti- Ayodele L. Ayodeji
Enugu- Major General Chris Eze
Gombe- Alhaji Suleiman Hassan
Jigawa- Amin Muhammad
Kadunna- Mohammed Yaro
Kaduna- Deborahlliya
Kano- Prof. D. Abdulkadir
Kano- Alhaji Haruna Ungogo
Katsina- Justice Isa Dodo
Katsina- Usman Bugaje
Kebbi- Prof. Tijani Bande
Kogi- Prof. Y.O Aliu
Kwara- Nurudeen Mohammed
Kwara- Prof. MohamedYisa
Lagos- Justice Gorge Oguntade
Lagos- Senator OMamora
Lagos-Modupe Irele
Nasarawa- Musa Muhammad
Niger- Mohammedibeto
Ogun- Ade Asekun
Ondo- Barrister Sola Iji
Osun- Adegboyega Ogunwusi
Oyo- Major General Ashimiyu Olaniyi (Rtd)
Plateau- Pauline Tallen
Plateau- Haruna Abdulahi
Rivers- Orji Ngofa
Rivers- Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor
Sokoto- Jamila Ahmadu-Duka
Sokoto- Kabiru Umar
Taraba- Mustapha Jaji
Yobe- Goni Modu Zanna Bura
Zamfara- Garba Gajam
Zamfara- Captain Abdullahi Una Garbasi