The list of the ambassadors selected by federal government was forwarded to the Senate on Thursday for confirmation.
Prominent on the list are, former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, former member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Usman Bugaje, and 43 others as non-career ambassadors.
Listed below are the names forwarded to the Senate for confirmation according to their respective states:
Abia- Dr. (Mrs) Uzoma E. Emenike
Adamawa- Dr Cliford Zirra
Akwa Ibom- Major General Godwin Umo (rtd)
Anambra- Christopher J .N. Okeke
Bauchi- Yusuf Tuggar
Bayelsa- Brigadier General Stanley Diriyai
Benue- Dr. Enyantu Ifeme
Cross Rivers- Dr. Etuborn N.E Asuquo
Delta- Engr Francis Efeduma
Ebonyi- Jonah Odo
Edo- Uyagwe Igbe
Ekiti- Ayodele L. Ayodeji
Enugu- Major General Chris Eze
Gombe- Alhaji Suleiman Hassan
Jigawa- Amin Muhammad
Kadunna- Mohammed Yaro
Kaduna- Deborah lliya
Kano- Prof. D. Abdulkadir
Kano- Alhaji Haruna Ungogo
Katsina- Justice Isa Dodo
Katsina- Usman Bugaje
Kebbi- Prof. Tijani Bande
Kogi- Prof. Y.O Aliu
Kwara- Nurudeen Mohammed
Kwara- Prof. Mohamed Yisa
Lagos- Justice George Oguntade
Lagos- Senator O Mamora
Lagos- Modupe Irele
Nasarawa- Musa Muhammad
Niger- Mohammed Ibeto
Ogun- Ade Asekun
Ondo- Barrister Sola Iji
Osun- Adegboyega Ogunwusi
Oyo- Major General Ashimiyu Olaniyi (Rtd)
Plateau- Pauline Tallen
Plateau- Haruna Abdulahi
Rivers- Orji Ngofa
Rivers- Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor
Sokoto- Jamila Ahmadu-Duka
Sokoto- Kabiru Umar
Taraba- Mustapha Jaji
Yobe- Goni Modu Zanna Bura
Zamfara- Garba Gajam
Zamfara- Captain Abdullahi Una Garbasi
