Senate confirms Are, Dalhatu, Oke as non-career ambassadors
The Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed three nominees as non-career ambassadors.
They are Kayode Are (Ogun), Aminu Dalhatu (Jigawa) and Emmanuel Oke (Oyo).
The confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Presenting the report, the chairman of the committee, Sen. Sani Bello, said the nominees displayed wide and in-depth knowledge of international diplomacy.
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, thanked the chairman and members of the committee for expeditious consideration of the nominees.
He congratulated President Bola Tinubu “for putting square pegs in square holes”, urging the ambassadors to bring greater relationships between Nigeria and any country they would be posted to.
Mr Tinubu forwarded names of the three non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation on November 26, while 65 other ambassadorial nominees forwarded to the senate and screened are yet to be confirmed.
The Senate also confirmed two commissioners of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
They are Aisha Kanti Bello and Animashaun Olayinka.
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