By; SUNDAY ODE, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate deployment of four out of the newly appointed Ambassadors-Designate.
This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Friday in Abuja.
By that arrangement, Professor Tijjani Bande, (Kebbi State) will proceed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Headquarters in New Yorkn while Itegboje Sunday Samson (Edo State) is to proceed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Deputy Representative, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The list of the deployed ambassadors also included Kadiri Ayinla Audu, (Kwara State) who is to proceed as Nigeria’s Abassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Offices in Geneva;
Also Bankole A. Adeoye, (Ogun State) will proceed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Embassy of Nigeria/Permanent Mission to the African Union in Addis Ababa.