President Bola Tinubu has forwarded a new batch of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, just days after submitting an initial list of three envoys.

In two letters addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Tinubu urged lawmakers to give the nominations prompt attention. He asked the Senate to “consider and confirm expeditiously” 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 others as non-career ambassadors.

According to the President, the list includes “four women on the career ambassadors’ list and six women on the non-career ambassadors’ list.”

The 32 ambassador-designate nominees,  grouped as Non-Career and Career ambassadors, as presented by President Tinubu

Non-Career Ambassadors (17 nominees)

1. Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu (Abia)
2. Reno Omokri (Delta) – Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
3. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (Bauchi) – Former INEC Chairman
4. Erelu Bisi Angela Adebayo (Ekiti) – Former Ekiti First Lady
5. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) – Former Governor of Enugu State
6. Tasiu Musa Maigari (Katsina) – Former Speaker, Katsina House of Assembly
7. Yakubu N. Gambo (Plateau) – Former Plateau Commissioner, ex-Deputy Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission
8. Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut (Plateau) – Former Senator
9. Otunba Femi Pedro (Lagos) – Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State
10. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (Osun) – Former Aviation Minister
11. Barr. Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu (Anambra) – Legal practitioner
12. Fatima Florence Ajimobi (Oyo) – Former First Lady of Oyo State
13. Lola Akande (Lagos) – Former Lagos State Commissioner
14. Grace Bent (Adamawa) – Former Senator
15. Dr Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) – Former Governor of Abia State
16. Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo) – Businessman and former Senator
17. Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu (Benue) – Former Ambassador to the Holy See

Career Ambassadors (15 nominees)

18. Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia)
19. Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba)
20. Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa)
21. Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi)
22. Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa)
23. Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi)
24. Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun)
25. Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo)
26. Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo)
27. Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger)
28. Ambassador Shehu Barde (Katsina)
29. Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno)
30. Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna)
31. Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara)
32. Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun)