...As Senate adjourns plenary till June 23,
2020
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of 42
Ambassadors-designate. This was just as the Upper Chamber confirmed the
nomination of James Jiya John Kolo as Commissioner of the Federal Character
Commission.
The Confirmation of the nominees was sequel to the
consideration of the reports of the Senate Committees on Foreign Affairs; and
Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs.
President Muhammadu Buhari in letter dated May 6, 2020,
said the appointment of the nominees was in accordance to section 171
(1),(2)(c) and subsection (4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria as amended.
The Ambassadors-designate confirmed by the Senate are:
C.O Nwachukwu, Abia; A. Kafas, Adamawa; R. U. Brown, Akwa-Ibom; G. A. Odudigbo,
Anambra; O. C. Onowu, Anambra; Y. S. Suleiman, Bauchi; E S. Agbana, Bayelsa; B.
B. M. Okoyen Bayelsa; G. M. Okoko Benue; A. M. Garba, Borno; M. l. Bashir,
Bomo; M. O. Abam, Cross River; A. E. Allotey, Cross River; G. E. Edokpa, Edo;
and A. N. Madubuike, Enugu.
Others are: Adamu Lamuwa, Gombe; Mr. Innocent A.
lwejuo, lmo; M. S. Abubakar, Jigawa; Y. A. Ahmed, Jigawa; S. D. Umar, Kaduna;
A. Sule, Kano; G. Y. Hamza, Kano; N. Rimi, Katsina; L S. Ahmed-Remawa, Katsina;
M. Manu, Kebbi; l. R. Ocheni, Kogi; l. A. Yusuf, Kogi; M. Abdulraheem, Kwara;
Mrs. W. A. Adedeji, Lagos; and A. U. Ogah, Nasarawa.
Also among career Ambassadors-designate confirmed are:
A. A. Musa, Niger; N. A. Kolo, Niger; S. O. Olaniyan, Ogun; A. R. Adejola,
Ogun, E. Awe Ondo; O. Aluko, Osun; I. A. Alatishe, Osun; V. A. Adeleke, Oyo; M.
S. Adamu, Plateau; l. N. Charles, Rivers; Z M. lfu, Taraba; and B. B. Hamman,
Yobe.
Meanwhile, the Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary
till Tuesday, June 23, 2020.
The announcement was made by the Senate President,
Ahmad Lawan, after the adoption of the Votes and Proceedings for Thursday, June
11, 2020.
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