President, Mohammadu Buhari, on Friday approved the immediate deployment of four of the newly-appointed Ambassadors-Designate.
Those affected include: Professor Tijjani Bande, who has been posted as Ambassador/representative to the permanent mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, headquarters in New York and Mr Itegboje Sunday Samson, who will serve as his deputy also at the UN.
Others are Mr Kadiri Ayinla Audu, who is now Nigeria’s Ambassador/representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations offices in Geneva and Mr Bankole Adeoye, who is now Nigeria’s Ambassador/representative to the Embassy of Nigeria/Permanent Mission to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
He however wish the new Ambassadors/representatives the very best in their assignments, while stating that the deployments are with immediate effect.