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BREAKING News: Senate Rejects President Buhari's 46 Ambassadorial Nominees... See Full List



At the plenary session on Tuesday at the National Assembly in Abuja, the Senate rejected the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Buhari for approval.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki
 
According to a report by Punch newspaper, the members of Nigerian Senate has rejected the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval, saying that the list will be sent back to the president “for resubmission and re-jigging.”
 
Below are some notable nominees from the list;
 
1. Justice George Oguntade
2. Former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Paulen Tallen
3. Former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje
4. Former Deputy Governor of Niger State, Ahmed Ibeto.
 
Others includes;
 
5. Dr. Uzoma Ememke (Abia State)
6. Dr. Clifford Zirra (Adamawa)
7. Maj.-Gen. Godwin Umo (retd.) (Akwa Ibom)
8. Christopher  Okeke (Anambra)
9. Yusuf Tugar (Bauchi)
10. Baba Madugu (Bauchi)
11. Brig.-Gen. Stanley Diriyai (Bayelsa)
12. Dr. Enyantu Ifenne (Benue)
13. Mohammed Hayatuddeen (Borno) 
14. Dr. Etubom Asuquo (Cross River).
 
Also on the list are;
 
15. Francis Efeduma (Delta)
16. Jonah Odo (Ebonyi)
17. Uyagwe Igbe (Edo)
18. Ayodele Ayodeji (Ekiti)
19. Maj.-Gen. Chris Eze (retd.) (Enugu)
20. Suleiman Hassan (Gombe)
21. Amin Muhammad Dalhatu (Jigawa)
22. Muhammad Yaro (Kaduna)
23. Deborah  Iliya (Kaduna)
24. Prof. D. Abdulkadir (Kano)
25. Haruna Ungogo (Kano)
26. Justice lsa Dodo (Katsina)
27. Dr. Usman Bugaje (Katsina)
28. Prof. Tijjani Bande (Kebbi)
29. Prof Y. O. Aliu (Kogi)
30. Nuruddeen Mohamed (Kwara).
 
Others are;
 
31. Prof. Mohamed Yisa (Kwara)
32. Justice George Adesola Oguntade (retd.) (Lagos)
33. Senator Olorunimbe Mamora (Lagos)
34. Modupe Irele (Lagos)
35. Musa Ilu Muhammad (Nasarawa)
36. Mohammad Ibeto (Niger)
37. Ade Asekun (Ogun)
38. Sola Iji (Ondo)
39. Adegboyega Ogunwusi (Osun)
40. Maj.-Gen. Ashimiyu Olaniyi (retd.) (Oyo)
41. Pauline Tallen (Plateau)
42. Dr. Haruna Bawa Abdullahi (Plateau).
43. Orji Ngofa (Rivers)
44. Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor (Rivers)
45. Jamila Ahmadu-Suka (Sokoto)
46. Kabiru Umar (Sokoto)
47. Mustapha Jaji (Taraba)
48. Goni Modu Zanna Bura (Yobe)
49. Garba Gajam (Zamfara)
50. Cpt. Abdullahi Uba Garbasi (Zamfara) were also nominated.

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