Presidency Reverses Ambassadorial Posting

<h4><strong>Presidency Reverses Ambassadorial Posting<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> reports that the presidency has withdrawn the posting of Usman Dakingari&comma; former Kebbi governor&comma; as ambassador-designate to Turkey&comma; barely 24 hours after announcing ambassadorial postings&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bayo Onanuga&comma; presidential spokesperson&comma; issued a statement Thursday night <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thecable&period;ng&sol;breaking-tinubu-posts-kayode-are-as-ambassador-designate-to-us-ayodele-oke-to-france&sol;">confirming<&sol;a><&sol;strong> President Bola Tinubu’s approval of the posting of four ambassadors-designate out of the over 60 nominees confirmed last December&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kayode Are&comma; former director-general of the Department of State Services &lpar;DSS&rpar;&comma; was appointed Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ayodele Oke&comma; former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency &lpar;NIA&rpar;&comma; was posted to France&semi; Amin Dalhatu&comma; former ambassador to South Korea&comma; was appointed high commissioner-designate to the United Kingdom&semi; while Dakingari was made ambassador-designate to Turkey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now deleted X post announcing Dakingari’s postingNow deleted X post announcing Dakingari’s posting<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dakingari’s appointment came ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s scheduled state visit to Turkey next week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But in a <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;archive&period;ph&sol;Z6eRt">statement<&sol;a><&sol;strong> released Friday by the State House&comma; Onanuga said no ambassador has been appointed to Turkey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The statement reiterated the postings of Are&comma; Oke&comma; and Dalhatu&comma; and omitted Dakingari’s now-rescinded appointment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The presidency did not give a reason for the change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Onanuga said Tinubu has written a memo to the ministry of foreign affairs to notify the governments of the three countries about the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">ambassadors-designate&comma;<&sol;a> in accordance with diplomatic procedures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; The Cable<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;