President Bola Tinubu has authorised the deployment of Ayodele Oke as Ambassador-designate to France and Colonel Lateef Are as Ambassador-designate to the United States, alongside another envoy drawn from the list of 68 nominees confirmed by the Senate in December, 2025.
In a statement, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said the President also approved the appointment of Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu, a former envoy to South Korea, as high commissioner-designate to the United Kingdom.
In a memo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Tinubu urged the ministry to notify the governments of the four countries about the Ambassador-designates, in accordance with diplomatic procedures.