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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate deployment of four out of the newly appointed ambassadors-designate.
A statement from the Presidency yesterday said Prof Tijjani Bande (Kebbi State) is to proceed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, with Mr. Itegboje Sunday Samson (Edo State), as his Deputy.
According to the statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Kadiri Ayinla Audu (Kwara State) proceeds as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN Offices in Geneva, and Bankole A. Adeoye (Ogun State) is to proceed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Embassy of Nigeria/Permanent Mission to the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa.
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