The senate has confirmed the appointment of 45 out of 47 non-career ambassadors nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari.
They are Uzoma Eminike (Abia), Aminu Lawal (Adamawa), Godwin Umoh (Akwa Ibom), Christopher Okeke (Anambra), Yusuf Maitama (Bauchi), Baba Maigudu (Bauchi), Stanley Diriyai (Bayelsa), Stephen Uba (Benue), Baba Ahmed Gida (Borno), Utobong Asuquo (Cross River), Frank Ofegina (Delta), Joda Udoh (Ebonyi), Yagwe Ede (Edo), Eniola Ajayi (Ekiti), Chris Eze (Enugu), Sulieman Hassan (Gombe), Aminu Dalhatu (Jigawa), Ahmed Bamilli (Kaduna), Yahaya (Kaduna).
Others are D. Abdulkadir (Kano), Haruna Arungungu (Kano), Musa Udo (Katsina), Mohammed Rimi (Katsina), Tijani Bande (Kebbi), Y. Aliu (Kogi), Nurudeen Mohammed (Kwara), Mohammed Yisa (Kwara), Adesola Oguntade (Lagos), Modupe Remi (Lagos), Musa Mohammed (Nasarawa), Ahmed Ibeto (Niger),Susan Aderonke Folarin (Ogun), Afolayon Adeyemi (Osun), A. Olaniyi (Oyo), James Dmika (Plateau), Haruna Abdullahi (Plateau), Orji Ngofa (Rivers).
Also confirmed were Sahibi Isa Dada (Sokoto), Kabir Umar (Sokoto), Jika Ado (Taraba), Goni Zana (Yobe), Garba T. (Zamfara), Bala Mohammad (Zamfara), Ibrahim Ugbada (FCT), and Adeyinka Asekun (Ogun).
