New Nigerian Ambassadors was earlier announced this year by the Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari as he nominated 42 career diplomats which was sent to the Senate to confirm as ambassadors.
He forwarded the names of the nominees to the Senate seeking confirmation of their appointments “in accordance to section 171(2)(1c) and Subsection 4 of the 1999 constitution.
The nominees are, C. O Nwachukwu (Abia), A. Kefas (Adamawa), R. U Brown (Akwa Ibom), G. A, Odidibo (Anambra), O. C Onowu (Anambra), Y. S Sulieman (Bauchi), E. S Agbana (Bayelsa), B. B.M Okoyen (Bayelsa), G. M Okoko (Benue), A. M Garba (Borno) and M. I Bashir (Borno).
Others are, M. O Abang (Cross River), A. E Alote (Cross River), G. E Edokpa (Edo), A. M Maduwike (Enugu), Adamu Lamua (Gombe), Innocent Iwejuo (Imo), A. S Abubakar (Jigawa), Y. A Ahmed (Jigawa), S. D Umar (Kaduna), A. A Sule (Kano), G. Y Hamza (Kano), N. Rini (Katsina), Ahmed Rimawa (Katsina), M. Manu (Kebbi) and I. R Ocheni (Kogi)
Also appointed are, I. A Yusuf (Kogi), M. Abdulraheem (Kwara), W. A Adedeji (Lagos), A. U Ogah (Nasarawa), A. A Musa (Niger), N. A Kolo (Niger), H. O Olaniyon (Ogun), A. R Adejola (Ogun), O. E Awe (Ondo), O. O Aluko (Osun), E. A, Alatishe (Osun), V. A Adeleke (Oyo), M. S Adamu (Plateau), I. N Charles (Rivers), M. Ifu (Taraba) and B. B Hamman (Yobe).
These new ambassadors carry out specific duties such as taking charge of the embassies, work to represent and advance the foreign policy goals of the Nigerian president and his administration in other host countries it has diplomatic relations with.
They also ensure the security of embassy staff and property, manage communications, hold bilateral talks with government officials of the host country, sign trade agreements, and protect Nigerians overseas.
Nigeria also rely on its ambassadors abroad to build and maintain strong diplomatic and economic relationships with foreign nations that are of strategic importance to her interest
However, the full names of the new ambassadors to the various countries which was released by the Nigerian president are highlighted below:
Ambassadors – State – Country
- Adamu Onoze Shuaibu – FCT – Rwanda
- Attahiru Halliru – Sokoto – Niger
- Balogun Hakeem – Lagos = Indonesia
- Bankole Adegboyega Adeoye = Ogun = Belgium
- Bello Kazaure Huessini = Jigawa = North Korea
- Demenongu A. Agev = Benue = Equatorial Guinea
- Emmanuel Kayode Oguntause = Ekiti = Benin
- Enoch Pear Duchi = Kaduna = Ireland
- Eric A. Bell-Gam – Rivers – Argentina
- Garba Baba – Kano – Poland
- Habu Abubakar Gwani Ibrahim = Gombe = Zambia
- Ibidapo-Obe Oluwasegun = Osun = Port of Spain T&T
- Ibrahim Hamza = Katsina = Iran
- Ibrahim Isah = Niger = Australia
- Inusa Ahmed = Nasarawa = Ethiopia
- Inyan Udo-Inyang = Akwa Ibom = Gabon
- Itegboje S.Sunday – Edo = Permanent Mission in New York
- Janet Omoleegho Olisa – Delta – Jamaica
- Kabiru Bala | Zamfara | Mozambique
- Kadiri Ayinla Audu | Kwara | Permanent Mission, Geneva
- Kenneth C. Nwachukwu | Imo | Cameroon
- Lawan Abba Gashagar | Borno | Mali
- Lilian Ijeukwu Onoh | Enugu | Namibia
- Liman Munir | Bauchi | Congo
- Manaja Tula Isah | Gombe | Israel
- Martin Nyong Cobham | Cross River | Thailand
- Mohammed Hassan Hassan | Borno | Kenya
- Momoh Sheidu Omeiza | Kogi | Liberia
- Musa Saban Mamman | Yobe | South Sudan
- Ndem Jane Ada | Benue | Sweden
- Ngozi Ukaeje | Imo | Portugal
- Nonye Udo | Anambra | Austria
- Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba | Abia | Togo
- Odeka Janet Bisong | Cross River | Zimbabwe
- Ogundero Sakirat | Oyo | Washington
- Okeke Vivian Nwunaku | Anambra | Spain
- Olatunde Adesesan | Ekiti | Angola
- Olufemi Abikoye | Kwara | Ghana
- Paragalda Ilyasu Audu | Adamawa | Turkey
- Queen I. Worlu | Edo | Cuba
- Rabiu Akawu | Kano | Algeria
- Rahmatu A. Dunama | Taraba | Burkina Faso
- Salisu Umaru | Adamawa | Senegal
- Sonaike Adekunbi Abibat | Ogun | Philipines
- Toko Ali Gongulong | Borno | Sao Tome & Principe
- Umar Zainab Salisu | Kebbi | Botswana
- Usman Bakori Aliyu | Katsina | China
New Nigerian Ambassadors And Their Country Of Service:
- Abba Tijani – Romania
- Abdul Rahman Sallahdeen – Indonesia
- Abubakar Shehu Bunu – Saudi Arabia
- Adamu Ibrahim – Syria
- Ademola Onafowokan – Ghana
- Ahmed Adams – Guinea Bissau
- Akinyele Oladipo Fayomi – France
- Alexander Nwofe – North Korea
- Aliyu Isa Sokoto – Niger
- Assam Ekanem Assam – Russia
- Ayibakuro Ogidi-Oke – Rwanda
- Ayodeji Ayodele – Greece
- Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu | Spain
- Biodun Olorunfemi – Namibia
- Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie – Liberia
- Chukwudi Okafor – Thailand
- Dauda Danladi – Pakistan
- David Bala – Burkina Faso
- Dedan Madugu – South Sudan
- Dr Dalhatu Tafida – United Kingdom
- Eddy Onuoha – Hungary
- Eric Tonye Aworabhi – Italy
- Eyo Asuquo – Sierra Leone
- Felix Edobor Awanbor – Belgium
- Femi Rotimi – Sri Lanka
- Fidelia Njeze – Switzerland
- Francis Okeke – Vatican
- Frank Ngozi Isoh – Uganda
- Garba Abdu Zakari – Chad
- Grant Ehiobuche – Republic of Congo
- Hadiza Mustapha – Cameroon
- Haliru Shuaibu – Sudan
- Harold Augustus Koko – Serbia
- Haruna Garba – Kuwait
- Ibrahim Auwalu – Ukraine
- Iliya Ali Duniya Nuhu – Mali
- James Shuaibu Barka – Tunisia
- Katherine Uyok Okon – Czech Republic
- Kayten Catherine Jackden | Senegal
- Lawan Gana Guba – Egypt
- Lawrence Obisakin – Benin Republic
- Mathew Sunday Adoli – Togo
- Mathias Ojih Okafor – Vietnam
- Matilda Kwashi – Mozambique
- Mohammed Lawan Gana – Malawi
- Mr Chive Kaave – Argentina
- Mr Haruna Ginsau – Algeria
- Nonye B. Rajis Okpara – Singapore
- Ojo Uma Madueke – Canada
- Okwudili Obidigbo Nwosu – Burundi
- Olatokunbo Kamson – Jamaica
- Omolade Oluwateru – UAE
- Prof Ade Adefuye – United States
- Roland Omowa | Central African Republic
- Samuel Wodi Jimba – Poland
- Sani Saulawa Bala – Qatar
- Sifawu Momoh – Zambia
- Solomon Oyateru – Kenya
- Sunday Bassey – Equitorial Guinea
- Taofeek Arapaja – Jordan
- Tukur Mani – Iran
- Victoria Onipede – Congo Brazzaville
- Yemi Farounbi – Phillipines
- Zhiri James Gana – Mexico
