UPDATE: Senate receives Buhari's list of 42 career ambassadorial nominees (FULL LIST)

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan who read the list, said they are Career Foreign Service officers.

By Olorungbotemi












President Muhammadu Buhari has sent forty-two ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and subsequent confirmation.



President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan who read the list, said they are Career Foreign Service officers.










According to President Buhari, the curricular vitae of the nominees would be forwarded to the Senate.

Here is a list of the nominees:

NAMES STATE

C. O Nwachukwu -Abia

A. Kefas -Adamawa

R. U Brown -Akwa Ibom

G. A Odidibo -Anambra

O. C Onowu -Anambra

Y. S Sulieman -Bauchi

E. S Agbana -Bayelsa

B. B.M Okoyen -Bayelsa

G. M Okoko -Benue

A. M Garba -Borno

M. I Bashir -Borno

M. O Abang -Cross River

A. E Alote -Cross River

G. E Edokpa -Edo

A. M Maduwike -Enugu

Adamu Lamua -Gombe

Innocent Iwejuo -Imo

A. S Abubakar -Jigawa

Y. A Ahmed -Jigawa

S. D Umar -Kaduna

A. A Sule -Kano

G. Y Hamza -Kano

N. Rini -Katsina

Ahmed Rimawa -Katsina

M. Manu -Kebbi

I. R Ocheni -Kogi

I. A Yusuf -Kogi

M. Abdulraheem -Kwara

W. A Adedeji -Lagos

A. U Ogah -Nasarawa

A. A Musa -Niger

N. A Kolo -Niger

H. O Olaniyon -Ogun

A. R Adejola -Ogun

O. E Awe -Ondo-

O. O Aluko -Osun

E. A Alatishe -Osun

V. A Adeleke -Oyo

M. S Adamu Plateau

I. N Charles -Rivers

M. Ifu -Taraba

B. B Hamman -Yobe.

The president also asked the senate to confirm two nominees for the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and four nominees for the Nigerian Law Reform Commission.

Diana Okonta and Yiana Kali were nominated as executive director and non-executive director of the NDIC respectively.

Jummai Audi was nominated as chairman of the law reform commission.

Edele Chima, Bassey Dan and Mohammed Ibrahim were nominated as commissioners to serve alongside Audi.