By Miracle Ogunde
The Federal Government of Nigeria has explained that a committee will soon be set up to select a new set of ambassadors to replace those that were recalled.
Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alkasim Abdulkadir revealed this during an interview with newsmen in Abuja.
Abdulkadir stated that the selection of the new ambassadors would require wide-ranging consultations with relevant stakeholders.
He stressed that all the recalled ambassadors have returned to the country, contrary to reports that most of them have been unable to return due to financial constraints.
It would be recalles that President Bola Tinubu, on September 2, 2023, recalled all the country’s ambassadors, both career and non-career.
They were asked to return to the country on or before October 31, 2023.
No fewer than 300 foreign missions Nigeria has all over the world.
According to the president’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, the directive was a sequel to a careful study of the present state of affairs at Nigerian consulates, offices, and embassies across the world.
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