Abuja, Dec. 16, 2025 (Naija247news) – The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday approved the appointment of three ambassadorial nominees—Ayodele Oke, Colonel Kayode Are (rtd), and Amin Dalhatu—as Nigeria’s envoys abroad.
The approval followed the Senate’s consideration of the report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, presented by its chairman, Senator Abubakar Sani Bello, during plenary.
Oke, a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and ex-Nigerian Ambassador to the Commonwealth Secretariat in London; Are, former Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS); and Dalhatu, Nigeria’s immediate past Ambassador to South Korea, were unanimously endorsed when Senate President Godswill Akpabio put their nominations to a voice vote.
President of the Senate, Akpabio, urged the newly confirmed ambassadors to leverage their wealth of experience to advance Nigeria’s foreign relations and diplomatic interests.
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