Reno Omokri, Mahmud Yakubu, and Femi Fani-Kayode are among the 32 ambassadorial nominees whose names President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent to the Senate for confirmation.

In two separate letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu requested the Senate to expeditiously consider and confirm 15 career ambassadors and 17 non-career ambassadors.
The career ambassadors’ list includes four women, while the non-career ambassadors’ list includes six women.
The non-career ambassador designates include Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia, a former presidential aide; Reno Omokri from Delta; former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmud Yakubu; former Ekiti first lady, Erelu Angela Adebayo; and former Enugu governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
Others are Tasiu Musa Maigari, former speaker of the Katsina House of Assembly; Yakubu N. Gambo, a former Commissioner in Plateau State and former deputy executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission; Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, a former senator from Plateau; Otunba Femi Pedro, a former deputy governor of Lagos State; Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister from Osun State; and Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu from Anambra State.
Also on the list are former First Lady of Oyo, Fatima Florence Ajimobi; former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande; former Adamawa Senator, Grace Bent; former governor of Abia, Victor Okezie Ikpeazu; Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, businessman, lawyer, and Senator from Ondo State; and the former ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See, Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu from Benue State.
The nominees for career ambassador and high commissioner-designates include Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu from Abia, Yakubu Nyaku Danladi from Taraba, Miamuna Ibrahim Besto from Adamawa, Musa Musa Abubakar from Kebbi, Syndoph Paebi Endoni from Bayelsa, Chima Geoffrey Lioma David from Ebonyi, and Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim from Ogun.
The other nominees are Abimbola Samuel Reuben from Ondo, Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah from Edo, Hamza Mohammed Salau from Niger, Ambassador Shehu Barde from Katsina, Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno from Borno, Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru from Kaduna, Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari from Kawara, and Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande from Osun.
The new nominees are expected to be posted to countries with which Nigeria maintains excellent and strategic bilateral relations, such as China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa, Kenya, and to Permanent Missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union.
All the nominees will know their diplomatic assignments after their confirmation by the Senate. Last week, President Tinubu sent three ambassadorial nominees for screening and confirmation.
The nominees were Ambassador Ayodele Oke from Oyo, Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu from Jigawa, and Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are from Ogun. All three are potential candidates for posting to the UK, USA, or France after their confirmation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stated that more nominees for ambassadorial positions will be announced soon.