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The Presidency has withdrawn the posting of former Kebbi State Governor, Usman Dakingari, as ambassador-designate to Turkey.
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement on Friday.
The statement said that no ambassador has been appointed to Turkey.
This development came a few hours after the presidency announced the ambassadorial postings.
Urban Express News reports that President Tinubu has approved the posing of Ambassador designates out of the 68 confirmed by the Senate last December.
The statement confirmed the posting of Ambassador Ayodele Oke as the ambassador-designate to France, and Colonel Lateef Are as the ambassador-designate to the United States of America.
Also confirmed by the President is the posting of Ambassador Amin Dalhatu, former ambassador to South Korea, as the high commissioner-designate to the United Kingdom.
Usman Isa Dakingari Suleiman, former governor of Kebbi State, is the ambassador-designate to Turkey, where the President is scheduled to begin a state visit next week.
However, the presidency omitted Dakingari’s now-rescinded appointment without giving a reason for the change.
“Tinubu has written a memo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to notify the governments of the three countries about the ambassadors-designate, in accordance with diplomatic procedures,” the statement said.
