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STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE

 


STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE


PRESIDENT TINUBU APPROVES THE POSTINGS OF AMBASSADORS


President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the postings of 31 career and 34 non-career ambassadors to various countries and the United Nations. The Senate confirmed the ambassadors-designate last December.  


POSTINGS OF NON-CAREER AMBASSADORS / HIGH COMMISSIONERS 

 

 

S/N NAME                        MISSION APPROVED

1.   SENATOR GRACE BENT: LOME-TOGO

2.   SEN. ITA ENANG: SOUTH AFRICA 

3.   IKPEAZU VICTOR: SPAIN 

4.   NKECHI LINDA UFOCHUKWU: TEL-AVIV, ISRAEL

5.   MAHMUD YAKUBU: QATAR

6.   PAUL OGA ADIKWU: THE VATICAN CITY HOLY SEE

7.   VICE ADMIRAL IBOK-ETE EKWE IBAS: THE PHILIPPINES

8.   MR. RENO OMOKRI: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 

9.   HON. (ENGR.) ABASI BRAIMAH (FMHR): BUDAPEST, HUNGARY 

10.   MRS. ERELU ANGELA ADEBAYO: PORTUGAL

11.   BARR. OLUMILUA OLUWAYIMIKA AYOTUNWA: TOKYO, JAPAN

12.   RT. HON. UGWUANYI IFEANYI LAWRENCE: ATHENS, GREECE

13.   BARR. CHIOMA PRISCILLA OHAKIM: WARSAW, POLAND

14.   AMINU DALHATU: UNITED KINGDOM, UK

15.   LT. GEN  ABDULRAHMAN BELLO DAMBAZAU: BEIJING, CHINA

16.   HON. TASIU MUSA MAIGARI: GAMBIA

17.   OLUFEMI PEDRO: AUSTRALIA

18.   BARR. MUHAMMED UBANDOMA ALIYU: ARGENTINA

19.   LATEEF KAYODE ARE: USA

20.   AMB. JOSEPH SOLA IJI: RUSSIA

21.   SEN. JIMOH IBRAHIM: UN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE 

22.   FEMI FANI KAYODE: GERMANY

23.   PROF. ISAAK FOLORUNSO ADEWOLE: OTTAWA, CANADA

24.   AJIMOBI FATIMA FLORENCE (F): AUSTRIA

25.   MRS. LOLA AKANDE (F): SWEDEN

26.   AYODELE OKE:  FRANCE 

27.   YAKUBU N. GAMBO: SAUDI ARABIA

28.   SENATOR PROF. NORA LADI DADUUT: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

29.   BARR. ONUEZE CHUKWUJIKA JOE OKOCHA SAN: DUBLIN

30.   DR. KULU HARUNA ABUBAKAR: TUNIS, TUNISIA

31.   RT. HON. JERRY SAMUEL MANWE: PORT OF SPAIN, T&T


POSTINGS OF CAREER AMBASSADORS / HIGH COMMISSIONERS LIST

 

S/N   NAME                                   MISSION APPROVED

1.  AMB. NWABIOLA EZENWA CHUKWUMEKA: COTE D'IV/OIRE

2.  BESTO MAIMUNA IBRAHIM: NIAMEY-NIGER

3.  MONICA OKWUCHUKWU ENEBECHI: SAO TOME, STP

4.  AMB. MOHAMMED MAHMUD LELE: ALGIERS-ALGERIA

5.  ENDONI SYNDOPH PAEBI: OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO

6.  AHMED MOHAMMED MONGUNO: CAIRO EGYPT

7.  AMB.JANE ADAMS (NEE OKON) MICHAEL (F): KINGSTON-JAMAICA

8.  AMB. CLARK-OMERU ALEXANDRA (F): LUSAKA-ZAMBIA

9.  CHIMA GEOGGREY LIOMA DAVID: BAMAKO-MALI

10.  AMB. ODUMAH YVONNE EHINOSEN: MALABO –E/GUINEA 

11.  AMB WASA SEGUN IGE: BEIRUT, LEBANON

12.  RUBEN ABIMBOLA SAMUEL (F): ROME, ITALY 

13.  AMB.ONAGA OGECHUKWU KINGSLEY: MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE 

14.  AMB.MAGAJI UMAR: KINSASHA, DR CONGO

15.  AMB.MUHAMMAD SAIDU DAHIRU: NEW DELHI-INDIA

16.  AMB. ABDUSSALAM HABU ZAYYAD: DAKAR-SENEGAL

17.  AMB SHEHU ILU BARDE: ACCRA GHANA

18.  AMB.AMINU NASIR: ETHIOPIA

19.  ABUBAKAR MUSA MUSA: N’DJAMENA, CHAD

20.  AMB. HAIDARA MOHAMMED IDRIS: THE HAGUE-NETHERLANDS

21.  AMB.BAKO ADAMU UMAR: RABAT-MOROCCO

22.  AMB. SULU GAMBARI OLATUNJI AHMED: MALAYSIA

23.  AMB.ROMATA MOHAMMED OMOBOLANLE (F): TANZANIA

24.  AMB. SHAGA JOHN SHAMAH: BOTSWANA

25.  SALAU, HAMZA MOHAMMED: TEHRAN, IRAN

26.  AMB.IBRAHIM DANLAMI: KENYA

27.  IBRAHIM ADEOLA MOPELOLA (F): COTONOU-BENIN 

28.  AMB.AYENI ADEBAYO EMMANUEL: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 

29.  AMB.AKANDE WAHAB ADEKOLA: BERNE-SWITZERLAND 

30.  AMB. AREWA (NEE ADEDOKUN) ESTHER (F): WINDHOEK-NAMIBIA 

31.  AMB.GERGADI JOSEPH JOHN: LIBREVILLE-GABON 

32.  AMB. LUTHER OGBOMODE AYO-KALATA (F): SIERRA LEONE 

33.  DANLADI YAKUBU NYAKU : KHARTOUM-SUDAN 

34.  BELLO DOGON-DAJI HALIRU: BANGKOK, THAILAND


The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for the High Commissioner-designate, Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu. Similarly, France has sent the agrément for Ambassador Ayo Oke. 


The Ministry has also conveyed the nominations of the other 62 designated envoys to all the countries concerned, including a request for their agréments in line with standard diplomatic practice. 


President Tinubu has directed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should immediately commence the induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and High Commissioners. 


Bayo Onanuga,

Special Adviser to the President,

(Information and Strategy)

March 6, 2026

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