The committee Chairman on Foreign Affairs, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu submitted the report on the floor of the Senate, he claims that four nominees could not recite the Anthem and National Pledge, but the committee overlooked it when those concerned pleaded and also promised that they would improve on it, when they were appointed.
The decision of the committee to screen and all recommend 47 names of nominees for the ambassador roles on the list, after their shortcomings, some of the senators could not hold their opinion as they expressed their dissatisfaction.
Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) queried the committee for screening and recommending the 47 nominees, despite their shortcomings during the screening exercise.
“Why did the committee recommend everybody on the list,” Nwaoboshi probed.
He also spoke against the submissions of the committee, he went on to say that someone who could not recite the Anthem of his or her country should not be made to represent same country in foreign land.
On his part, Senator Tijani Yahaya Laura (Zamfara North) expressed his thoughts that the 116 foreign missions have remained inactive for months, due to inability of Nigerian government to send her Diplomats to occupy those vacant positions.
The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, Deputy Minority Leader, Bala Ibn Na’allah and Senator James Manager (Delta South)later convinced the Senate to confirm the nomination of the 47 career Ambassadors, after he said that anxieties may have been responsible for their failure to recite the Anthem.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, led the Senate into the committee of the whole where the 47 nominees were confirmed.
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