Save Nigeria’s Image, Withdraw Ambassadorial List, PDP Tells Tinubu
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked President Bola Tinubu to immediately withdraw the Ambassadorial nominees he submitted to the National Assembly, to save Nigeria from ridicule.
According to the party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary Comrade Ini Ememobong, many of those on the list are P”disgraced propagandists, characterless politicians, and public officials who are widely perceived negatively by Nigerians and the global community, for their integrity deficit and notable anti-democratic activities”.
The main opposition party warned that appointing and sending ambassadors with tainted political profiles is not only a great disservice to Nigeria but a setup for a diplomatic all-time low.
“To this end, we demand that President Bola Tinubu withdraw the said list and renominate only those with stellar democratic credentials and high moral standing, capable of commanding global respect for the ambassadorial assignments.”
The PDP said nominating such people as Nigeria’s representatives “is not just a sad commentary on our country’s history of diplomatic representation; it is very reprehensible and scandalous”.
It added that most Nigerians are seriously appalled by the inclusion of most of the nominees, and disappointed that after almost three years, Tinubu could only come up with such names.
The PDP specifically faulted the nomination of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate-past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), claiming that his performance was characterised by countless double-speaks, flip-flops, and undelivered promises.
“To offer him an ambassadorial appointment at a time like this is an excellent exemplar of a skewed reward system, which we suspect is designed as an incentive to the new INEC Chairman, to also deliver flawed elections in 2027, in expectation of future rewards. This is absolutely scandalous and completely unacceptable.”
