President Bola Tinubu has approved the posting of four ambassador-designates from the list of 68 nominees earlier confirmed by the Senate in December.

The approved postings include Ambassador Ayodele Oke as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to France, and Colonel Lateef Are as ambassador-designate to the United States of America.

Also confirmed is Ambassador Amin Dalhatu, a former Nigerian envoy to South Korea, who has been appointed as the high commissioner-designate to the United Kingdom.

In addition, Usman Isa Dakingari Suleiman, a former governor of Kebbi State, has been named ambassador-designate to Turkey. The posting comes ahead of President Tinubu’s scheduled state visit to Turkey next week.

In a memo addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the President directed the ministry to formally notify the governments of the four host countries of the appointments, in line with established diplomatic procedures.

The postings mark the first batch of deployments from the pool of ambassadorial nominees confirmed by the Senate late last year.