The Federal Government has posted 44 career Ambassadors-designate to their respective countries of accreditation.
This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Olusola Enikaolaye, in Abuja.
According to him, the envoys would, however, not resume in their
countries of assignment until agreements have been obtained from the
prospective countries.
He said, “There are three categories of ambassadors that President
Muhammadu Buhari has already approved. The first set was announced
publicly and those are the ones going to International organizations in
New York, Geneva, and the Africa Union in Addis Ababa.
“Prof. Mohammed Tijani, the New Permanent Representative in New York
has already assumed duty, Ambassador A.A Kadir an Ambassador and
Permanent Representative in Geneva had submitted his letter of credence
and assumed duty.
“The third one is Bankole Adeoye, Ambassador to the AU at Addis
Ababa, he is awaiting his agreement to proceed to Addis Ababa,” he
explained.
The Permanent Secretary added that the second category is the career
ambassadors who have all been deployed in their respective countries of
accreditation.
“However they cannot proceed until we received agreements for all of
them, they are about 44 in this category,” Enikanolaiye clarified,
noting that the agreements are trickling in.
Enikaolaye further explained that the non-career ambassadors had yet
to be deployed because they have not been assigned to countries.
“That work is in progress, it is almost completed as soon as that is
completed the countries to which they have been deployed will be the
first to know.
“And once the agreement is received for each of them, we will make
the announcement but we will not make an announcement until the
countries have given consent, which is agreement,” he stated, noting
that this would be completed in a few weeks.
He said that the ministry was taking necessary steps to fast-track
the process to ensure the deployment of the envoys without further delay