President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of 65 ambassadors-designate to Nigeria’s foreign missions across the world, including the appointment of Fatima Florence Ajimobi as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Austria.

‎‎The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirming that the Senate of Nigeria had earlier cleared the nominees in December.

‎Chief (Mrs.) Ajimobi, wife of the late former Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, is among 34 non-career ambassadors approved for deployment to various countries and multilateral missions.

‎‎According to the State House statement, the approved postings for the non-career ambassadors and high commissioners include:

‎Senator Grace Bent – Lome, Togo;

‎Senator Ita Enang – South Africa;

‎Okezie Ikpeazu – Spain;

‎Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu – Tel Aviv, Israel;

‎Mahmud Yakubu – Qatar;

‎Paul Oga Adikwu – Vatican City (Holy See);

‎Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas – Philippines;

‎Reno Omokri – Mexico;

‎Hon. Abasi Braimah – Budapest, Hungary;

‎Erelu Angela Adebayo – Portugal;

‎Barrister Olumilua Oluwayimika Ayotunwa – Tokyo, Japan;

‎Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi – Athens, Greece;

‎Barrister Chioma Priscilla Ohakim – Warsaw, Poland;

‎Aminu Dalhatu – United Kingdom;

‎Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau– Beijing, China;

‎Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari – Gambia;

‎Olufemi Pedro – Australia;

‎Barrister Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu – Argentina;

‎Lateef Kayode Are – United States of America;

‎Ambassador Joseph Sola Iji – Russia;

‎Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim – Permanent Representative to the United Nations;

‎Femi Fani-Kayode – Germany;

‎Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole – Ottawa, Canada;

‎Her Excellency Chief (Mrs.) Fatima Florence Ajimobi– Austria;

‎Mrs. Lola Akande – Sweden;

‎Ayodele Oke – France;

‎Yakubu N. Gambo – Saudi Arabia;

‎Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut – Seoul, South Korea;

‎Barrister Onueze Chukwujika Joe Okocha (SAN) – Dublin, Ireland;

‎Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar – Tunis, Tunisia;

‎Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe – Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

‎The President also approved the posting of 31 career ambassadors to Nigeria’s diplomatic missions across Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas.

‎‎They include Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka – Cote d’Ivoire; Besto Maimuna Ibrahim – Niamey, Niger; Monica Okwuchukwu Enebchi – Sao Tome and Principe; Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele – Algiers, Algeria; Endoni Syndoph Paebi – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Ahmed Mohammed Monguno – Cairo, Egypt; Ambassador Jane Adams Michael – Kingston, Jamaica; Ambassador Clark-Omeru Alexandra – Lusaka, Zambia; Chima Geoffrey Lioma David – Bamako, Mali; Ambassador Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen – Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

‎Others are Ambassador Wasa Segun Ige – Beirut, Lebanon; Ruben Abimbola Samuel – Rome, Italy; Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley – Maputo, Mozambique; Ambassador Magaji Umar – Kinshasa, DR Congo; Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru – New Delhi, India; Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad – Dakar, Senegal; Ambassador Shehu Ilu Barde – Accra, Ghana; Ambassador Aminu Nasir – Ethiopia; Abubakar Musa Musa – N’Djamena, Chad; Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris – The Hague, Netherlands.

‎Also listed are Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar – Rabat, Morocco; Ambassador Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed – Malaysia; Ambassador Romata Mohammed Omobolanle – Tanzania; Ambassador Shaga John Shamah – Botswana; Salau Hamza Mohammed – Tehran, Iran; Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami – Kenya; Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola – Cotonou, Benin; Ambassador Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel – Brussels, Belgium; Ambassador Akande Wahab Adekola – Berne, Switzerland; Ambassador Arewa Esther – Windhoek, Namibia; Ambassador Gergadi Joseph John – Libreville, Gabon; Ambassador Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata – Sierra Leone; Danladi Yakubu Nyaku – Khartoum, Sudan; and Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru – Bangkok, Thailand.

‎The Presidency disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu as High Commissioner, while the France has granted agrément for Ambassador Ayodele Oke.

‎The ministry has also transmitted the nominations of the remaining ambassadors to their host countries for agrément in line with diplomatic procedures.

‎President Tinubu further directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately begin the induction programme for the ambassadors-designate ahead of their formal assumption of duty in their respective missions.