{"id":127918,"date":"2026-06-25T06:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=127918"},"modified":"2026-06-25T06:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:17:12","slug":"tinubu-nominates-ui-vice-chancellor-fashina-as-non-career-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-nominates-ui-vice-chancellor-fashina-as-non-career-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Nominates UI Vice-Chancellor Fashina as Non-Career Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fashina, for appointment as a non-career ambassador\/high commissioner-designate and forwarded his name to the Senate for confirmation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The nomination was formally communicated in a letter read during Wednesday\u2019s plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the letter, President Tinubu said the nomination was made in accordance with constitutional provisions and requested the Senate to give it speedy consideration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;In accordance with the provisions of section 121, subsections 2, 3, and 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate the nomination of Professor Abayomi Sunday-Fashina as non-career ambassador\/high commissioner-designate.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President further urged lawmakers to expedite action on the request.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;Whilst I hope that the Senate will consider and confirm the nominee expeditiously, please accept distinguished Senate President and distinguished senators, the assurances of my highest consideration,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0the letter read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fashina\u2019s nomination marks a significant diplomatic appointment for the renowned academic, who currently serves as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria\u2019s premier university.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under Nigeria\u2019s diplomatic framework, non-career ambassadors are political or professional appointees selected from outside the foreign service and are subject to Senate screening and confirmation before assuming office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Senate is expected to refer the nomination to the appropriate committee for screening and subsequent presentation of its report to the chamber for consideration and confirmation.<\/p>\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 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fashina, for appointment as a non-career ambassador\/high commissioner-designate and forwarded his&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":127919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127918","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 - 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