Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan while reading the letter during the plenary on Tuesday said, the nomination was in line with the relevant sections of the Constitution, 1999 as amended, hence, Senators go ahead shoud do to do justice to the request.
He referred the request to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. Meanwhile, the letter which was made available to journalists after the plenaey showed the following nominees:
1. C.O. Nwachukwu – Abia2. A. Kafas – Adamawa3. R.U. Brown – Akwa Ibom4. G.A. Odudigbo – Anambra5. O.C. Onowu – Anambra6. Y.S. Suleiman – Bauchi7. E.S. Agbana – Bayelsa8. B.B.N. Okoyen – Bayelsa9. G.N. Okoko – Benue10. A.M. Garba – Borno11. M.E. Bashir – Borno12. M.O. Abam – Cross River13. A.E. Allotey -.Cross River14. G.E. Edokpa – Edo15. A.M. Madubuike – Enugu16. Adamu Lamuwa – Gombe17. Innocent A. Iwejuo – Imo18. M.S. Abubakar – Jigawa19. Y.A. Ahmed – Jigawa20. S.D. Umar – Kaduna21. A. Sule – Kano22. G.Y. Hamza – Kano23. N. Rimi – Katsina24. L.S. Ahmed-Ramawa – Katsina25. M. Manu – Kabbi26. I.R. Ocheni – Kogi 27. I.A. Yusuf – Kogi 28. M. Abdulkareem – Kwara29. Mrs W. Adedeji – Lagos30. A.U. Ogah – Nasarawa31. A.A. Musa – Niger32. N.A. Kolo – Niger33. S.O. Olaniyan – Ogun34. A.R. Adejola – Ogun35. O.E. Awe – Ondo36. O.O. Aluko – Osun37. I.A. Alatishe – Osun38. V.A. Adeleke – Oyo39. M.S. Adamu – Plateau40. I.N. Charles Rivers41. Z.M. Ifu – Taraba42. B.B. Hamman – Yobe
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affaira was asked to revert the report after screening of nominees.
