Buhari approves deployment of 4 ambassadors, designate portfolios

President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday, March 31, 2017 approved the instant deployment of four of the newly-appointed ambassadors designate to their areas of assignment.

President Muhammadu Buhari

The president provided the names of the affected ambassadors, their states of origin and the areas of their placement as:

• Professor Tijjani Bande (Kebbi State):- Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
• Itegboje Sunday Samson (Edo State):- Ambassador/Deputy Representative, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Headquarters in New York
• Kadiri Ayinla Audu (Kwara State):- Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Offices in Geneva
• Bankole A. Adeoye (Ogun State):- Ambassador/Representative to the Embassy of Nigeria/Permanent Mission the African Union in Addis Ababa

The president said: "The deployments are with immediate effect. I wish the new ambassadors/representatives the very best in their assignments.”