Buhari Deploys 4 Ambassadors to US, Others

By Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja
 

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday deployed four of the newly confirmed ambassadors to the United States, Europe and East Africa

 The affected officers are:      Professor Tijani Bande (Kebbi State); Itegboje Sunday (Edo); Kadiri Audu (Kwara) and Bankole Adeoye (Ogun).

A statement by the president’s media aide, Mr. Femi Adesina, said Bande would proceed as Nigeria’s ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria in the  United Nations Headquarters in New York.

lt also said Itegboje had been deployed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Deputy  Representative to Permanent Mission of Nigeria in the  United Nations Headquarters in New York.

ln the same vein, the statement said Audu would proceed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent  Mission of Nigeria in the United Nations Offices in Geneva while Adeoye was deployed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Embassy of Nigeria/Permanent Mission in the African Union in Addis Ababa.