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Some of these are less-than-ideal appointments; though, they are still awaiting the confirmation of the Senate.
Indeed, the appointments of the national commissioners came about as a direct result of ‘who they know'.
Prior to the demise of Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s former ambassador to the United States, on December 10, a gap had been created in terms of diplomatic relations between both countries. In July, President Muhammadu Buhari dropped the reappointment of the 85-year-old who was appointed in 2017, thereby raising concerns on who would become the next US ambassador. Advertisement On Tuesday, Tolu Ogunlesi, special assistant on digital/new media to Buhari, announced the president’s approval for the appointment of Uzoma Emenike as the country’s ambassador-designate to the US. The posting comes ...
President Muhammadu Buhari has named Dr Uzoma Emenike as Nigeria's new Ambassador-designate to the United States of America.
❚ You already voted! The remains of Nigeria’s immediate-past ambassador to the US Justice Sylvanus Nsofor have left the host country on his final journey back home. His casket, draped in the Nigerian flag, departed the Dulles International Airport, Washington, on Wednesday morning aboard a Delta Airlines plane. At the airport to bid him farewell were officials of the US Department of State, and Nigerian embassy officials led by the Charge D’Affaires Jane Adams-Abanulo. A brief departure ceremony for the deceased included a guard of honour mounted by US military service me...