President Bola Tinubu has authorized the appointment of twelve consuls-general and five chargés d’affaires to represent Nigeria in fourteen countries.
The announcement was made by Alkasim Abdulkadir, the Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to Yusuf Tuggar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a statement released on Tuesday.
On his part, Tuggar called on the newly appointed Chargé D’affaires and Consuls General to be good ambassadors of Nigeria, asserting that they are pivotal to the economic drive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He further stressed that as seasoned career diplomats, they should shun the act of politicking and recommit themselves to their calling of diplomacy for Nigeria’s collective interest and development.
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.
The new appointees are to resume immediately.
NAMES OF CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES (EN TITRE)
1. Saidu Mohammed DODO Damascus – Syria
2. Patrick Imoudu IMOLOGHOME Pyongyang – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
3. Francisca Kemi OMAYULI Singapore, Singapore
4. Babagana AHMADU Bangui – Central African Republic
5. Mohammed MOHAMMED Tripoli – Libya
NAMES OF CONSUL GENERAL
1. Auwalu Jega NAMADINA Atlanta, USA
2. Nnamdi Okechukwu NZE Bata, Equatorial Guinea
3. Francis Ntui ENYA Douala, Cameroon
4. Gbadebo AFOLABI Shanghai, China
5. Oludare Ezekiel FOLOWOSELE Hong Kong, China
6. Abubakar JIDDA New York, USA
7. Yakubu Audu DADU Frankfurt, Germany
8. Taofik Obasanjo-Coker Buea, Cameroon
9. George Collins ONWUEKWE Guangzhou, China
10. Umar Ibrahim BASHIR Johannesburg, South Africa
11. Zayyan IBRAHIM Dubai, UAE
12. Muazam Ibrahim Jibrin NAYAYA Jedda, Saudi Arabia
