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1 Sonaike Adekunbi Abibat (Ogun)
2. Olatunde Adesesan (Ekiti)
3. Balogun Hakeem (Lagos)
4. Bankole Adegboyega Adeoye (Ogun)----------No Ondo State
5. Ibidapo-Obe Oluwasegun (Osun)
6. Ogundero Sakirat (Oyo)
7. Emmanuel Kayode Oguntause (Ekiti)
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8. Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba (Abia)
9. Okeke Vivian Nwunaku (Anambra)
10. Lilian Ijeukwu Onoh (Enugu)--------------No Ebonyi State
11. Ngozi Ukaeje (Imo)
12. Nonye Udo (Anambra)
13. Kenneth C. Nwachukwu (Imo)
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14. Inyan Udo-Inyang (Akwa Ibom)
15. Martin Nyong Cobham (Cross River)
16. Janet Omoleegho Olisa (Delta)
17. Itegboje S. Sunday (Edo)---------------- No Bayelsa State
18. Eric A. Bell-Gam (Rivers)
19. Queen I. Worlu (Edo)
20. Odeka Janet Bisong (Cross River)
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21. Liman Munir (Bauchi)
22. Mohammed Hassan Hassan (Borno)
23. Manaja Tula Isah (Gombe)
24. Rahmatu A. Dunama (Taraba)
25. Musa Saban Mamman (Yobe)
26. Salisu Umaru (Adamawa)
27. Toko Ali Gongulong (Borno)
28. Paragalda Ilyasu Audu (Adamawa)
29. Lawan Abba Gashagar (Borno)
30. Habu Abubakar Gwani Ibrahim (Gombe)
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31. Bello Kazaure Huessini (Jigawa)
32. Enoch Pear Duchi (Kaduna)
33. Garba Baba (Kano)
34. Usman Bakori Aliyu (Katsina)
35. Umar Zainab Salisu (Kebbi)
36. Attahiru Halliru (Sokoto)
37. Kabiru Bala (Zamfara)
38. Ibrahim Hamza (Katsina)
39. Rabiu Akawu (Kano)
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40. Momoh Sheidu Omeiza (Kogi)
41. Kadiri Ayinla Audu (Kwara)
42. Ndem Jane Ada (Benue)
43. Inusa Ahmed (Nasarawa)------------- No Plateau State
44. Ibrahim Isah (Niger)
45. Demenongu A. Agev (Benue)
46. Olufemi Abikoye (Kwara)
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47. Adamu Onoze Shuaibu (FCT)
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Therefore, Ondo, Ebonyi, Bayelsa and Plateau States are so far not represented. Maybe when ALL the entire list is released, that correction will be made.
But speaking at an interactive session with journalists at the weekend, SGF Lawal explained that there were criteria set by the government to pick the nominees and that four states – Plateau, Ebonyi, Ondo, Bayelsa – without nominees did not have career diplomats in the foreign service."
1. There are about 190 nations in the world, and I believe that Nigeria has ambassadorial postings to ALL of them, using about 102 country AMBASSADORS (some of them are Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, one to many countries.)
2. When these Ambassadors are chosen, there are two GROUPS of Ambassadors:
1. Career Ambassadors; these are the ones that we are discussing, essentially civil servants serving in the Foreign Ministry - or moved to the Foreign Ministry from other Ministries. Civil Service rules about seniority, disciplinary issues, time-to-retirement, etc. apply
These appointments are based on an accumulated weight of MERIT (after all, seniority cannot just be on length of service), but clearly there will also be some other considerations. The fact that there were not CAREER Ambassadors nominatable from certain states cannot be the fault of one particular administration.
2. Political Appointees - usually members of the ruling POLITICAL PARTY who have expressed interest in Ambassadorial appointments, and can hold their own in representing the political views of the government in certain key countries.
In the list recently released, 47 individuals were named, in which four states (Bayelsa, Ondo, Plateau and Ebonyi ) were not represented. This was a CAREER AMBASSADOR list.. In fact, about seven of them were apparently INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS and should not have been included in the list, meaning that 40 of them were career Ambassadors to be posted about, leaving may 62 POLITICAL AMBASSADORS still to be chosen. Again, the fact that there were not CAREER Ambassadors nominatable from certain states cannot be the fault of one particular administration.
It is almost certain that these omitted states will have Political Ambassadors named.
One question that I would really like to ask: how many CAREER AMBASSADORS were appointed state-by-state in previous years? What about these omitted states?
Inquiring minds want to know.
And there you have it.
15. Martin Nyong Cobham (Cross River)
16. Janet Omoleegho Olisa (Delta)
17. Itegboje S. Sunday (Edo)---------------- No Bayelsa State
18. Eric A. Bell-Gam (Rivers)
19. Queen I. Worlu (Edo)
20. Odeka Janet Bisong (Cross River)
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21. Liman Munir (Bauchi)
22. Mohammed Hassan Hassan (Borno)
23. Manaja Tula Isah (Gombe)
24. Rahmatu A. Dunama (Taraba)
25. Musa Saban Mamman (Yobe)
26. Salisu Umaru (Adamawa)
27. Toko Ali Gongulong (Borno)
28. Paragalda Ilyasu Audu (Adamawa)
29. Lawan Abba Gashagar (Borno)
30. Habu Abubakar Gwani Ibrahim (Gombe)
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31. Bello Kazaure Huessini (Jigawa)
32. Enoch Pear Duchi (Kaduna)
33. Garba Baba (Kano)
34. Usman Bakori Aliyu (Katsina)
35. Umar Zainab Salisu (Kebbi)
36. Attahiru Halliru (Sokoto)
37. Kabiru Bala (Zamfara)
38. Ibrahim Hamza (Katsina)
39. Rabiu Akawu (Kano)
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40. Momoh Sheidu Omeiza (Kogi)
41. Kadiri Ayinla Audu (Kwara)
42. Ndem Jane Ada (Benue)
43. Inusa Ahmed (Nasarawa)------------- No Plateau State
44. Ibrahim Isah (Niger)
45. Demenongu A. Agev (Benue)
46. Olufemi Abikoye (Kwara)
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47. Adamu Onoze Shuaibu (FCT)
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Therefore, Ondo, Ebonyi, Bayelsa and Plateau States are so far not represented. Maybe when ALL the entire list is released, that correction will be made.
But speaking at an interactive session with journalists at the weekend, SGF Lawal explained that there were criteria set by the government to pick the nominees and that four states – Plateau, Ebonyi, Ondo, Bayelsa – without nominees did not have career diplomats in the foreign service."
1. There are about 190 nations in the world, and I believe that Nigeria has ambassadorial postings to ALL of them, using about 102 country AMBASSADORS (some of them are Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, one to many countries.)
2. When these Ambassadors are chosen, there are two GROUPS of Ambassadors:
1. Career Ambassadors; these are the ones that we are discussing, essentially civil servants serving in the Foreign Ministry - or moved to the Foreign Ministry from other Ministries. Civil Service rules about seniority, disciplinary issues, time-to-retirement, etc. apply
These appointments are based on an accumulated weight of MERIT (after all, seniority cannot just be on length of service), but clearly there will also be some other considerations. The fact that there were not CAREER Ambassadors nominatable from certain states cannot be the fault of one particular administration.
2. Political Appointees - usually members of the ruling POLITICAL PARTY who have expressed interest in Ambassadorial appointments, and can hold their own in representing the political views of the government in certain key countries.
In the list recently released, 47 individuals were named, in which four states (Bayelsa, Ondo, Plateau and Ebonyi ) were not represented. This was a CAREER AMBASSADOR list.. In fact, about seven of them were apparently INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS and should not have been included in the list, meaning that 40 of them were career Ambassadors to be posted about, leaving may 62 POLITICAL AMBASSADORS still to be chosen. Again, the fact that there were not CAREER Ambassadors nominatable from certain states cannot be the fault of one particular administration.
It is almost certain that these omitted states will have Political Ambassadors named.
One question that I would really like to ask: how many CAREER AMBASSADORS were appointed state-by-state in previous years? What about these omitted states?
Inquiring minds want to know.
And there you have it.
By:
Ayo Ojutalayo
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