The Federal Goverment on Tuesday announced new heads for some of the country’s embassies abroad.
The list includes 12 consulate-general and five charge de affairs.
They are to resume immediately, according to a statement by Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar.
The names of the consulates-general and their countries of posting are: Ambassador Auwalu Jega Namadina – Atlanta, U.S.A.; Ambassador Nnamdi Okechukwu Nze – Bata, Equatorial Guinea;
Ambassador Francis Ntui Enya – Douala, Cameroon;
Ambassador Gbadebo Afolabi – Shanghai, China; Ambassador Oludare Ezekiel Folowosele – Hong Kong, China; Ambassador Abubakar Jidda – New York, U.S.A; Ambassador Yakubu Audu Dadu -Frankfurt, Germany; Ambassador Taofik Obasanjo Coker – Buea, Cameroon; Ambassador George Collins Onwuekwe – Guangzhou, China; Ambassador Umar Ibrahim Bashir – Johannesburg, South Africa; Ambassador Zayyan Ibrahim – Dubai, UAE; and Ambassador Muazam Ibrahim Jibrin Nayaya – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Heads of Mission are: Ambassador Saidu Mohammed Dodo – Damascus, Syria; Ambassador Patrick Imoudu Imologhome – Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea; Ambassador Francisca Kemi Omayuli – Singapore, Singapore; Ambassador Babagana Ahmadu – Bangui, Central African Republic; and Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed – Tripoli, Libya.
Tuggar reminded the envoys that their appointments were pivotal to the country’s economic growth.
The minister, according to a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja by his media aide, Alkasim Abdulkadir, urged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria.
He described the appointments as “pivotal to the economic drive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu”.
Tuggar urged the appointees to shun politicking and recommit themselves to their calling of diplomacy for the collective interest and development of Nigeria.
On behalf of the appointees, Jidda reiterated the commitment of his colleagues to uphold the ethos of the profession, pledging to bring investments to the country.
He thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the confidence reposed in them.
