{"id":117622,"date":"2025-04-19T16:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T15:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=117622"},"modified":"2025-04-19T16:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T15:05:42","slug":"obienyem-to-senate-reject-renos-ambassadorial-nomination-over-venomous-campaign-against-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/obienyem-to-senate-reject-renos-ambassadorial-nomination-over-venomous-campaign-against-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Obienyem to Senate: Reject Reno&#8217;s Ambassadorial Nomination Over &#8216;Venomous Campaign&#8217; Against Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Public affairs analyst and legal practitioner, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, has penned an open letter to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Mr. Reno Omokri for an ambassadorial appointment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the strongly worded letter titled \u201cThe Unsuitability of Mr. Reno Omokri for Ambassadorial Appointment,\u201d Obienyem questioned the appropriateness of nominating Omokri, citing what he described as a \u201csustained, venomous campaign\u201d the nominee waged against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the recent past.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is not about partisan affiliations,\u201d Obienyem wrote, \u201cbut about the dignity and integrity required of those who represent Nigeria abroad.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the letter, Mr. Omokri had, on multiple occasions, referred to President Tinubu with deeply derogatory terms including \u201cdrug addict,\u201d \u201cdrug pusher,\u201d \u201can invalid who has lost his faculties,\u201d and \u201cthe grandfather of corruption.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted that such statements, made publicly and deliberately, raise serious concerns about the nominee\u2019s character and suitability to serve as a face of the nation on foreign soil.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat message do we intend to send to the host country if such a man is confirmed to represent Nigeria there? How will Nigeria be respected when our ambassadors are people whose personal convictions can be bent for convenience?\u201d Obienyem queried.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While acknowledging that the President reserves the right to nominate individuals of his choosing, Obienyem advised that if Mr. Omokri must be appointed, his role should be confined to domestic responsibilities where any potential embarrassment would remain within Nigeria\u2019s borders.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe position of ambassador is not merely political, it is symbolic, it is a role that demands consistency, integrity, and the ability to command respect both at home and abroad.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He expressed confidence that the Senate, under Akpabio\u2019s leadership, would act in the country\u2019s best interest by rejecting what he described as an ill-advised nomination.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Senate is expected to commence the screening of ambassadorial nominees in the coming days.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi Public affairs analyst and legal practitioner, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, has penned an open letter to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, urging the Senate to&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obienyem to Senate: Reject Reno&#039;s Ambassadorial Nomination Over &#039;Venomous Campaign&#039; 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