President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 12 consuls-general and five chargè d’ affairs for 14 countries.
This is contained in a statement by the Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar, Alkasim Abdulkadir, on Tuesday.
The minister charged the new appointees to be good ambassadors of Nigeria, adding that as seasoned career diplomats, they should shun the act of politicking and recommit themselves to their calling of diplomacy for the collective interest and development of Nigeria.
The new appointees are to resume immediately.
FULL LIST:
S/N, NAME OF CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES (EN TITRE) MISSION POSTED
1) Amb. Saidu Mohammed DODO, Damascus, Syria
2) Amb. Patrick Imoudu IMOLOGHOME, Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea
3) Amb. Francisca Kemi OMAYULI, Singapore, Singapore
4) Amb. Babagana AHMADU, Bangui, Central African Republic
5) Amb. Mohammed MOHAMMED, Tripoli, Libya
CONSULS GENERAL
1) Amb. Auwalu Jega NAMADINA, Atlanta, USA
2) Amb. Nnamdi Okechukwu NZE, Bata, Equatorial Guinea
3) Amb. Francis Ntui ENYA, Douala, Cameroon
4) Amb. Gbadebo AFOLABI, Shanghai, China
5) Amb. Oludare Ezekiel FOLOWOSELE, Hong Kong, China
6) Amb. Abubakar JIDDA, New York, USA
7) Amb. Yakubu Audu DADU, Frankfurt, Germany
8) Amb. Taofik Obasanjo Coker, Buea, Cameroon
9) Amb. George Collins ONWUEKWE, Guangzhou, China
10) Amb. Umar Ibrahim BASHIR, Johannesburg, South Africa
11) Amb. Zayyan IBRAHIM, Dubai, UAE
12) Amb. Muazam Ibrahim Jibrin NAYAYA, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
