President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 12 consuls-general and five chargés d’affaires to represent Nigeria in 14 countries. The minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday where he said they are to resume duty with immediate effect. 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;
Others are 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 urged the appointees to shun politicking and recommit themselves to their mandate of diplomacy for the collective interest and development of Nigeria.
Reacting on behalf of the new appointees, the just appointed Consul General for the Consulate in New York, Ambassador Abubakar Jidda, reiterated his colleagues’ commitment to uphold the profession’s ethos and pledged to bring the much-needed investments to the country.
He thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the confidence reposed in them.
