President Tinubu has nominated non-career ambassadors for three countries: the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK), and France. The postings will be finalised following Senate screening. The three nominees are Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo State), Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Osun State), and Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa).
Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu previously served as Nigeria’s ambassador to South Korea during President Buhari’s administration, having been first appointed in 2016.
Ambassador Ayodele Oke, an alumnus of Emory University in Atlanta, is a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and previously served as Nigeria’s ambassador to the Secretariat of the Commonwealth of Nations in London.
Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are was Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) from 1999 to 2007, served as National Security Adviser in 2010, and was an officer in the Directorate of Military Intelligence. He graduated with First Class Honours in Psychology from the University of Ibadan in 1980.
The Senate has received President Tinubu’s letter nominating the three, it has been read during plenary and the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs has been directed to review the nominations and report back to the Chamber within one week.
