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Monday, 3 August 2015
BREAKING: Buhari Recalls All Foreign Ambassadors, Envoys Appointed By Jonathan
Top ranking members of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) who were serving as ambassadors appointed by former
President Goodluck Jonathan have been excused of their duties and
recalled home after three years of servitude. This was done last night
by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Big names among those recalled include former
Foreign Affairs Minister , Chief Ojo Maduekwe (Canada); Chairman of
the Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation in the 2011 election,
Dr. Dalhatu Tafida (UK);Professor Ade Adefuye (USA);widow of the late
Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca (Spain);and former
deputy governor of Oyo State, Mr. Taofeek Arapaja (Jordan).
The rest include a former aviation minister,
Mrs. Fidelia Njeze (Switzerland);ex-General Manager, Nigerian
Television Authority (NTA), Ibadan, Mr. Yemi Farounbi (Philippines); a
one-time governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Mr. Olatokunbo Kamson
(Jamaica); a PDP front liner in Ondo State, Mr. Cornelius Oluwateru
(UAE); Alhaji Abubakar Shehu Bunu (Saudi Arabia); a former Commissioner
for Justice and Attorney General in Benue State, Mr. Chive Kaave
(Argentina); a former financial secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Tukur Mani
(Iran);and former permanent secretary, Federal Capital Territory
Administration, FCTA Biodun Nathaniel Olorunfemi (Namibia).
Also on the list are: Chief Asam Asam (SAN),
(Russia); Mr. Okwudili Nwosu (Burundi); Mr. Okeke Chukwuemeka (Vatican);
Mr. Eric Aworahbi (Italy); Dauda Danladi (Pakistan); and Mrs. Katherine
Okon (Czeck Republic); Mr. Nwofe Alexander,; Princess Victoria Bosede
Onipede (Republic of Congo); Senator Haruna Garba (Kuwait); Mrs. Nonye
Rajis-Okpara (Singapore); Chief Eddy Onuoha (Hungary); Mr. Adamu
Babangida Ibrahim (Syria); Dr. Sam Jimba (Poland)
They were part of the 93 envoys posted out in
June 2012 and have now been told to hand over to the highest ranking
officer in their various locations.
Authoritative sources revealed to reporters
last night in Abuja that the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, had communicated the President’s directive to the affected
ambassadors.
A source disclosed that some of the ambassadors including the envoy in Saudi Arabia were already returning home.
The source said: “the President has issued a
directive to the Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Foreign Affairs to
recall all the political appointees currently serving as ambassadors in
all parts of the world. It doesn’t matter whether they have just few
months to the end of their tenure.
The mass excuse from duties could be termed as President Buhari’s biggest sack since he assumed office on May 29 this year.
The recall of ambassadors serving in foreign
missions is reportedly a routine exercise especially where there is a
change of guard at the federal level.
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