President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the approval of the Senate for the confirmation of Rt. Hon. Adejare Bello and 41 other ambassadorial nominees.
This was contained in a letter sent out on Wednesday.
Bello, a native of Ede, was the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly from 2003 to 2011. He was also the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the House of Representatives seat of Ede North/Ede South/ Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency in the 2019 general elections.
The list of the 41 non careeer Ambassadorial nominees, according to the letter, are: Umar Suleiman (Adamawa), Mandama L. S. ( Adamawa), Oboe Effiong Akpabio (Akwa-Ibom), Elena Onyeabor (Anambra), Abubakar D. Ibrahim (Bauchi), Phillip K. Ikuru (Bayelsa), Tarzoor Terhemem (Benue).
Others are: Paul Oga Adiku (Benue), Ibrahim Al-Hussain (Borno), Bella Yusuf Bukar (Borno), Prof. Monique Ekpong (Cross River), Omar Djebah (Delta), Ominyi N. Eze (Ebonyi), Mohammed (Edo), Major. General. C. O Ugwu (Enugu).
Others are: Dr Hajara I. Salim (Gombe), Obiezu Ijeoma Chinyerem (Imo), Ali Makarafi (Kaduna), Hamisu Ado (Kano), Jazuli Imam Galandanchi (Kano), Amina Adopted Kurawa (Kano), Amb.Yahaya Lawal (Katsina), Dare Sunday Awoniyi (Kogi).
Ibrahim Kayode Laaro (Kwara), Abioye Bello (Kwara), Zara Matazu Umar (Kwara), Ademola Saraki (Lagos), Henry John Omaku (Nasarawa).