An Akwa Ibom person is among the 41 Ambassadors-designate now in waiting for approval by the Senate.
He is Oboro Effiong Akpabio nominated as non-career ambassador by President Muhammadu Buhari. Others are:
1. Debo Adesina (Oyo)
2. Ademola Seriki (Lagos)
3. Dare Sunday Awoniyi (Kogi)
4. Engr Umar Suleiman (Adamawa)
5. L.S. Mandama (Adamawa)
6. Oboro Effiong Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)
7. Chief Elijah Onyeagba (Anambra)
8. Abubakar D. Ibrahim Siyi (Bauchi)
9. Philip K. Ikurusi (Bayelsa)
10. Hon. Tarzoor Terhemen (Benue)
11. Paul Ogba Adikwu (Benue)
12. Al-Bashir Ibrahim Al-Hassan (Borno)
13. Brig. Gen. Bwala Yūsuf, Bukar (Borno)
14. Prof. Monique Ekpong (Cross River)
15. Oma Djebah (Delta)
16. Ominyi N. Eze (Ebonyi)
17. Yamah Mohammed Musa (Edo)
18. Maj. Gen. C.O. Ugwu (Enugu)
19. Dr. Hajara I. Salim (Gombe)
20. Obiezu Ijeoma Chinyerem (Imo)
21. Ali M. Magashi (Jigawa)
22. Prof. M.A. Makarfi (Kaduna)
23. Hamisu Umar Takalmawa (Kano)
24. Jazuli Imam Galandanci (Kano)
25. Amina Ado Kurawa (Kano)
26. Amb. Yahaya Lawal (Katsina)
27. Ibrahim Kayode Laaro (Kwara)
28. Abioye Bello (Kwara)
29. Zara Maazu Umar (Kwara)
30. Henry John Omaku (Nasarawa)
31. Chief Sarafa Tunji Isola (Ogun)
32. Mrs. Nimi Akinkube (Ondo)
33. Adejaba Bello (Osun)
34. Adeshina Alege (Oyo)
35. Ms. Folakemi Akinyele (Oyo)
36. Shehu Abdullahi Yibaikwal (Plateau)
37. Hon. Maureen Tamuno (Rivers)
38. Faruk Yabo (Sokoto)
39. Adamu M. Hassan (Taraba)
40. Alhaji Yusuf Mohammed (Yobe)
41. Abubakar Moriki (Zamfara)