By Henry Umoru
ABUJA- PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday sent names of forty- six non career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and subsequent confirmation.

The names read on the floor of Senate plenary Thursday by Senate President Bukola Saraki include former Deputy Minority leader of the Senate, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora; former Deputy governor of Plateau State, Pauline Tallen; former National Secretary of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Usman Bugaje; former member, House of Representatives, Yussuf Tuggar and former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice George Adesola Oguntade.

Meanwhile, while Lagos has three names, Bauchi, Kaduna, Kwara, Zamfara, Sokoto, Rivers, Plateau, Katsina and Kano have two names each, with Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Borno, Ekiti, Edo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Osun, Ondo, Niger, Ogun, Nasarawa, Jigawa, Gombe, Oyo, Taraba and Yobe having one name each and the Federal Capital Territory has no nominee.

The full names are Abia, Dr. (Mrs) Uzoma E. Emenike; Adamawa, Dr. Clifford Zirra; Akwa Ibom, Maj. Gen. Godwin G. Umo (Rtd); Anambra Christopher J.N. Okeke; Bauchi, Yusuf Tugar, Bauchi Baba Madugu, Bayelsa Brig Gen. Stanley Diriyai, Benue Dr. Enyantu ifenne, Borno Mohammed Hayatuddeen and Cross River, Dr. Etubom N.E. Asuquo.

Others are Delta, Engr. Francis Efeduma; Ebonyi, Mr. Jonah M. Odo; Edo, Uyagwe Igbe ; Ekiti Ayodele L. Ayodeji; Enugu, Maj. Gen. Chris Eze; Gombe, Alhaji Suleiman Hassan; Jigawa’ Amin Muhammad Dalhatu; Kaduna, Muhammad Yaro, Kaduna Deborah S. Iliya; Kano, Prof. D. Abduikadir, Kano, Alh. Haruna Ungogo; Katsina, Justice lsa Dodo, Katsina, Dr.Usman Bugaje; Kebbi, Professor Tijjani Bande; Kogi, Prof Y. O. Aliu; Kwara Nuruddeen Mohamed, Kwara, Prof. Mohamed G. Yisa; Lagos, Justice George Adesola Oguntade, Lagos, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora,and Lagos Mrs Modupe Irele.

Also submitted with states are Nasarawa, Musa Ilu Muhammad; Niger, Mohammad Ibeto; Ogun Mr. Ade Asekun; Ondo Barrister Sola Iji, Osun, Adegboyega A. Ogunwusi; Oyo, Major Gen. Ashimiyu A. Olaniyi (Rtd ); Plateau, PauIine Tallen, Plateau, Dr. Haruna Bawa Abduuahi; Rivers, Orji Ngofa, Rivers, Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor; Sokoto, Jamila Ahmadu-Suka, Sokoto, Hon. Kabiru Umar; Taraba, Alh. Mustapha Jaji; Yobe, Goni Modu Zanna Bura; Zamfara, Alh. Garba Gajam and Zamfara Cpt.Abdul|ahi Uba Garbasi.

Meanwhile the Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Philip Aduda raised a Point of Order challenging President Muhammadu Buhari for not nominating a native of FCT as non-career Ambassador in the list of forty six non-career ambassadors sent to the Senate.

Senator Aduda referred the Senate to Section 299 of the 1999 Constitution that states that FCT shall be treated as if it was one of the states in Nigeria and that the President is the Governor of the Territory with the executive ministers of the federation serving as commissioners of the FCT while the National Assembly shall serve as the state House of Assembly for FCT.

Senate President Bukola Saraki noted the point of order by the FCT Senator and promised to communicate back to the executive for correction.

It would be recalled that President Buhari had in June sent to the senate for screening and confirmation, forty- seven Career ambassadorial nominees.