By Adetokunbo FAKEYE
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 12 Consuls-General, five Chargè D’ Affairs for 13 Countries.
The Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alkasim Abdulkadir, who revealed this in a statement on Tuesday said, the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has called on the newly appointed Chargé D’affaires and Consuls-General to be good ambassadors of Nigeria.
The minister, he said, further stressed 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, asserting that they are pivotal to the economic drive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He further stressed 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.
Speaking on behalf of the new appointees, the Consul General for the Consulate in New York Ambassador Abubakar Jidda, reiterated the commitment of his colleagues to uphold the ethos of the profession and pledged to bring the much needed 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.
Below are the appointed Chargé D’affaires:
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
Appointed Consul General–Consulate are:
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.
The new appointees, according to the statement are to resume immediately.