The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that their host countries have accepted 65 of the 69 Nigerian ambassadors appointed by President Bola Tinubu.
In a statement issued yesterday, the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, said the 65 accepted ambassadors represented a 97 per cent acceptance rate.
Ebienfa attributed the two outstanding appointments to Grace Bent, ambassador-designate nominee for Togo, declining the offer, and to Mohammed Mahmud Lele, ambassador-designate for Algeria, who died in April.
Lele died on April 19 in Ankara, Turkey, after a protracted illness.
Ebienfa said the replacement process was ongoing.
