President Bola Tinubu has nominated the immediate past sole administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, as a non-career ambassador.
Others nominated as non-career ambassadors by Tinubu are the former senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East (2011-2015), Ita Enang; ex-Imo State First Lady, Chioma Ohakim; and the former Minister of Interior and former Chief of Army Staff, Abdulrahman Dambazau.
The nominees were contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary in Abuja on Thursday, December 4, 2025.
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Tinubu, in the letter, appealed to the Senate to expedite consideration of the nominees to ensure that key diplomatic vacancies are promptly filled.
Akpabio, thereafter, forwarded the list to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, directing the panel to complete its screening and submit its report within one week.
The new nominees were not included in the earlier batch of ambassadorial nominees released by the presidency.
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