{"id":1851,"date":"2025-11-26T21:18:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:18:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:18:53","slug":"tinubu-sends-list-of-three-ambassadorial-nominees-to-senate-for-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1851","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu sends list of three ambassadorial nominees to Senate for confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of three non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nominees are Kayode Aare (Ogun State), Aminu Dalhatu (Jigawa State), and Ayodele Oke (Oyo State).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kizz Daniel, Angelique Kidjo, Johnny Drille - Police (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9HnSQVpK8AU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter was read during plenary by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akpabio has, therefore, directed the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs to review the nominations and report back to the chamber within one week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first list of ambassadorial nominees sent to the Senate by Tinubu since he became the President on May 29, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There had been calls on the President to appoint ambassadors and high commissioners for foreign missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerns over the non-appointment of ambassors were reignited in the wake of the threat by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A former Nigerian External Affairs Minister, Bolaji Akinyemi,\u00a0had\u00a0argued that, despite internet access to information,\u00a0diplomacy still required personal ambassadorial contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe credible appointments should be made to the vacant ambassadorial posts. We need to fill them,\u201d\u00a0Akinyemi\u00a0said during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s\u00a0<em>Politics Today\u00a0<\/em>in September.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2025\/11\/26\/tinubu-sends-list-of-three-ambassadorial-nominees-to-senate-for-confirmation\/\">(Channels)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of three non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. The nominees are Kayode Aare (Ogun State), Aminu Dalhatu (Jigawa State), and Ayodele Oke (Oyo State). The letter was read during plenary by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. 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