President Muhammadu Buhari has newly appointed Ambassador designates to both the United Nations (UN) in New York the United States of America and African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
According to a statement by the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, Professor Tijjani Bande, from Kebbi State, is posted as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Headquarters in New York while Itegboje Sunday Samson from Edo State is posted as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Deputy Representative, Permanent Mission of Nigeria also to the United Nations Headquarters in New York;
The statement said that while Kadiri Ayinla Audu from Kwara State is posted as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Offices in Geneva, Bankole A. Adeoye from Ogun State is posted as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Embassy of Nigeria/Permanent Mission to the African Union in Addis Ababa. [myad]