Buhari Nominates Mamora, Pauline Tallen, Oguntade, Others As Ambassadors

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday sent names of forty- six non career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and subsequent confirmation.
The names read on the floor of Senate plenary Thursday by Senate President Bukola Saraki include former Deputy Minority leader of the Senate, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora; former Deputy governor of Plateau State, Pauline Tallen; former National Secretary of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Usman Bugaje; former member, House of Representatives, Yussuf Tuggar and former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice George Adesola Oguntade.

Meanwhile, while Lagos has three names, Bauchi, Kaduna, Kwara, Zamfara, Sokoto, Rivers, Plateau, Katsina and Kano have two names each, with Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Borno, Ekiti, Edo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Osun, Ondo, Niger, Ogun, Nasarawa, Jigawa, Gombe, Oyo, Taraba and Yobe having one name each and the Federal Capital Territory has no nominee.
The full names are Abia, Dr. (Mrs) Uzoma E. Emenike; Adamawa, Dr. Clifford Zirra; Akwa Ibom, Maj. Gen. Godwin G. Umo (Rtd); Anambra Christopher J.N. Okeke; Bauchi, Yusuf Tugar, Bauchi Baba Madugu, Bayelsa Brig Gen. Stanley Diriyai, Benue Dr. Enyantu ifenne, Borno Mohammed Hayatuddeen and Cross River, Dr. Etubom N.E. Asuquo.
Others are Delta, Engr. Francis Efeduma; Ebonyi, Mr. Jonah M. Odo; Edo, Uyagwe Igbe ; Ekiti Ayodele L. Ayodeji; Enugu, Maj. Gen. Chris Eze; Gombe, Alhaji Suleiman Hassan; Jigawa’ Amin Muhammad Dalhatu; Kaduna, Muhammad Yaro, Kaduna Deborah S. Iliya; Kano, Prof. D. Abduikadir, Kano, Alh. Haruna Ungogo; Katsina, Justice lsa Dodo, Katsina, Dr.Usman Bugaje; Kebbi, Professor Tijjani Bande; Kogi, Prof Y. O. Aliu; Kwara Nuruddeen Mohamed, Kwara, Prof. Mohamed G. Yisa; Lagos, Justice George Adesola Oguntade, Lagos, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora,and Lagos Mrs Modupe Irele. Also submitted with states are Nasarawa, Musa Ilu Muhammad; Niger, Mohammad Ibeto; Ogun Mr. Ade Asekun; Ondo Barrister Sola Iji, Osun,
Adegboyega A. Ogunwusi; Oyo, Major Gen. Ashimiyu A. Olaniyi (Rtd ); Plateau, PauIine Tallen, Plateau, Dr. Haruna Bawa Abduuahi; Rivers, Orji Ngofa, Rivers, Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor; Sokoto, Jamila Ahmadu-Suka, Sokoto, Hon. Kabiru Umar; Taraba, Alh. Mustapha Jaji; Yobe, Goni Modu Zanna Bura; Zamfara, Alh. Garba Gajam and Zamfara Cpt.Abdul|ahi Uba Garbasi.