President Muhammad Buhari sent a list of non- career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate


President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a list of 46 non-career ambas­sadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation as envoys.
The new list came five months after he sent a list of 47 career ambassadorial nominees to the Upper House for confir­mation.
The Senate has already cleared all the career ambassa­dors - although they are yet to be posted to the country’s for­eign missions.
The latest list brings to 93 the number of envoys who will serve in Nigeria’s missions abroad under the administra­tion of President Buhari.
The Senate President, Bu­kola Saraki, unveiled the list during the sitting of the upper legislative chamber on Thurs­day.
Among the non-career ambassadors nominated by the President yesterday are Christopher J.N. Okeke (Anambra), Maj. Gen. Chris Eze (Enugu), Mrs Uzoma E. Ememke (Abia), Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora (Lagos), and Mrs PauIine Tallen (Plateau).

Others are Dr. Clifford Zirra (Adamawa), Maj. Gen. Godwin G. Umo (Akwa Ibom), Brig-Gen. Stanley Diriyai (Bayelsa) and Dr. Etubom N.E. Asuquo (Cross Riv­er) and Dr Usman Bugaje (Kat­sina).
Some Senators, whose states were not represented in the list, protested on the floor of the Sen­ate.

The Senate Minority Whip, Senator Philip Aduda (FCT) complained bitterly over the omission of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the non-ca­reer diplomats’ list.
He wondered why the FCT and Imo State were conspicu­ously omitted in the list and ap­pealed to the Senate leadership to prevail on the Presidency to cor­rect the anomaly.
It was not clear why the ca­reer ambassadors who have been cleared by Senate are yet to be as­signed their portfolios and post­ed to their missions.
Senate tackles minister over N3bn for envoys’ posting
As the Senate received the list of ambassadorial nominees, its Committee on Foreign Affairs took up the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the deplorable state of the country’s missions and the use of the N3.6 billion allocated in the 2016 Budget for the posting of the envoys.
The committee criticized the Ministry for refusing to provide information on the performance of the 2016 Budget.

The Minister of State for For­eign Affairs, Khadija Bukar Abba, told the committee during an oversight visit to the Foreign Af­fairs Ministry that it was poorly funded.
She said the allocation of the ministry in the 2016 Budget was severely affected by the prevailing exchange rate of N320 to $1.
But the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Monsurat Sun­monu, said the visit was not to de­liberate on whether or not funds allocated to the ministry were sufficient, but to hold it account­able for expenditures made so far and the performance of the 2016 Budget in particular.
Senator Sunmonu also sought clarifications on how the sum of N2.3 billion appropriated for local travels was expended. He requested details on rent, insur­ance, medical, purchase of vehi­cles and their beneficiaries.
He also asked the ministry to account for the N3.6 billion allo­cated for the posting of ambassa­dors - who are yet to be posted to their missions abroad.
Source: The Authority

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