Buhari nominates 42 ambassadors

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated 42 career diplomats with their names forwarded to  the Senate to confirm their apppointments as ambassadors in accordance to section 171(2)(1c) and Subsection 4 of the 1999 constitution.

Penpushing reports that,  the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan read the letter on Tuesday, at the start of plenary while the names include:  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).

The other nominees 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).

Penpushing further reports that,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).

The President in similar development  sent the names of two nominees to fill existing vacancies as non-executive Directors of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation(NDIC),and this include; Diana Okonta (South-south) and Yiana Kali (North-east).

Penpushing also reports that, the President  appointed four members of the board of  Nigerian Law Reform Commission which include; Jummai Audi, chairman; Edele Chima, commissioner; Bassey Dan, commissioner and Mohammed Ibrahim, commissioner, with their names  sent in compliance with section 2(2) of the Nigeria law reform act no 7 of 1979.

The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, thereafter, moved a motion relying on order 1(b) of the Senate standing rules for the upper chamber to expedite action on the president’s request for the confirmation of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), nominees.

Penpushing reports that, the Senate President in his ruling, underscored the need for the upper chamber to “fast-track the process” to enable committees to screen the nominees, and .thereafter, referred the confirmation request of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation(NDIC),  nominees to the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Financial Institutions.

Meanwhile,the Committee was given two weeks to report back to the Senate.