President Bola Tinubu has authorized the postings of four ambassador-designates to major diplomatic posts in France, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Turkey.
The announcement was made on Thursday by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. He stated that these appointments are drawn from the list of 68 nominees confirmed by the Senate in December.
The assigned postings are: Ambassador Ayodele Oke is posted to France, Colonel Lateef Are will serve in the United States, Ambassador Amin Dalhatu, formerly Nigeria’s ambassador to South Korea, is appointed as the High Commissioner-designate to the United Kingdom, and Usman Isa Dakingari Suleiman, a former governor of Kebbi State, is the ambassador-designate to Turkey.
Onanuga highlighted the significance of the Turkish appointment, noting that President Tinubu is scheduled to undertake a state visit to Turkey in the coming week.
The approvals have been formally communicated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The President directed the ministry to notify the governments of the respective countries in accordance with standard diplomatic protocols.
These postings follow the Senate’s confirmation in December of a total of 67 ambassadorial nominees, comprising both career diplomats and non-career appointees.
That confirmed list included several prominent figures such as former ministers, former state governors, and former heads of government agencies.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
