Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has recalled the country’s ambassadors.
“…the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has clarified that all career ambassadors and non career ambassadors have been recalled on the instructions of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Alkasim Abdulkadir, the foreign minister’s special adviser on Media and Communications Strategy wrote in a statement.
Mr Tinubu had on Thursday recalled Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK.
According to Mr Abdulkadir, ambassadors as representatives of the country serve at the behest of the president and it’s his prerogative to send or recall them from any country.
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The recalling of the ambassadors by Mr Tinubu is perhaps an indication that new envoys will be appointed or existing ones redeployed to new assignments.
