Buhari nominates 46 as non-career ambassadors ...Lagos, Katsina, Kaduna top list ...Imo, FCT excluded

With three names, Lagos State tops the number of political ambassadorial nominees, which was presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate for confirmation yesterday.

Following Lagos closely are Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Kwara, Bauchi, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto and Zamfara with two nominees each on the list.

Imo State and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, had no nominees.

The non-inclusion of any nominee for FCT prompted a point of order by Senator Philip Aduda (PDP, FCT), who protested vehemently against the omission.

Rising under the point of order, Aduda referred the Senate to Section 299 of the 1999 Constitution, which states that the “FCT shall be treated as if it is one of the states in Nigeria and that the President is the Governor of the Territory with the executive ministers of the federation serving as commissioners of the FCT while the National Assembly shall serve as the state House of Assembly for FCT.”

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who noted the concerns raised by Aduda, promised to communicate the issue back to the executive for correction, even as there was no such protestation from any of the Imo Senators.

Among the nominees listed by the President were former Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora (Lagos), former deputy governor, Pauline Tallen, from Plateau State, Mohammed Ibeto who was a former deputy governor from Niger State and formerly nominated as minister before his nomination was withdrawn in 2015.

Also nominated are former Supreme Court Justice, George Adesola Oguntade (Lagos), Mrs. Modupe Irele (Lagos), Dr. (Mrs.) Uzoma E. Emenike (Abia), Dr. Clifford Zirra (Adamawa), Maj. Gen. Godwin G. Umo (Rtd) (Akwa Ibom), Christopher J.N. Okeke (Anambra), Yusuf Tuggar (Bauchi), Baba Madugu (Bauchi), Brig Gen. Stanley Diriyai (Bayelsa), Dr. Enyantu Ifenne (Benue), Mohammed Hayatuddeen (Borno) and Dr. Etubom N.E. Asuquo (Cross River).
Others are, Mr. Francis Efeduma (Delta), Mr. Jothatnah M. Odo (Ebonyi), Uyagwe Igbe (Edo), Ayodele L. Ayodeji (Ekiti), Maj. Gen. Chris Eze (Enugu), Alhaji Suleiman Hassan (Gombe), Amin Muhammad Dalhatu (Jigawa), Muhammad Yaro (Kaduna), Deborah S. Iliya (Kaduna), Prof. D. Abduikadir (Kano), Alhaji Haruna Ungogo (Kano), Justice lsa Dodo (Katsina), Dr. Usman Bugaje (Katsina), Prof. Tijjani Bande (Kebbi), Prof Y. O. Aliu (Kogi), Nuruddeen Mohamed (Kwara), Prof. Mohamed G. Yisa (Kwara).
The rest are Musa Ilu Muhammad (Nasarawa), Mr. Ade Asekun (Ogun), Barrister Sola Iji (Ondo), Adegboyega A. Ogunwusi (Osun), Major Gen. Ashimiyu A. Olaniyi (Rtd) (Osun), Dr. Haruna Bawa Abduuahi (Plateau), Orji Ngofa (Rivers), Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor (Rivers), Jamila Ahmadu-Suka (Sokoto), Hon. Kabiru Umar (Sokoto), Alhaji Mustapha Jaji (Taraba), Goni Modu Zanna Bura (Yobe), Alhaji Garba Gajam (Zamfara) and Cpt. Abdullahi Uba Garbasi (Zamfara).

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