US EditionNigeria: Senate Commences Screening of Tinubu's Career Ambassadorial Nominees
- On Wednesday, the Nigerian Senate commenced screening 65 ambassadorial nominees submitted last week by President Bola Tinubu, led by Senator Abubakar Sani Bello under the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- President Bola Tinubu invoked Section 171 , and of the 1999 Constitution and urged lawmakers to "expeditiously" consider the nominations, while Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, read the request in Senate plenary.
- The roster mixes 34 career and 31 non-career nominees, including Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau , and career diplomats Sulu-Gambari Olatunji Ahmed, Ahmed Mohammed Monguno, and Maimuna Ibrahim.
- Emmanuel Adeyemi, a career ambassadorial nominee and deputy director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, failed to name his state's third senator during questioning, prompting a delegation member to `Google` the name and causing outrage from the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Senators reacted with criticism and pleas for leniency as Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong, APC, Cross River South, condemned nominee standards, backed by Senators Adams Oshiomhole and Seriake Dickson, while Senator Yunus Akintunde pleaded for leniency and Senator Jimoh Ibrahim appeared unexpectedly.
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