Federal Government is currently vetting potential candidates to fill diplomatic roles in its 109 missions, 76 embassies, 22 high commissions, and 11 global consulates.
Impeccable sources familiar with the developments revealed that a former Minister of Aviation under the Obasanjo administration, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, and a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro, are among the nominees.
It is also gathered that the vetting is not conducted centrally, as nominees are being asked to report to the DSS offices nearest to them.
Presidency officials confirmed to our correspondent that several candidates had been contacted to provide personal education and work history.
They are already doing security checks with DSS as the list will be released after security checks
Only those who have been cleared will be announced.
The official said the list will be dropped before the end of this month (April).
The vetting is not done centrally but based on the location of the nominees.
If at this medium disposal confirmed that nominees have been reached to provide personal history and information such as where they attended school, what appointments they have held, and the like.
Investigation by this medium revealed that President Tinubu has concluded a sector-wide reassessment of Nigeria’s foreign policy, which saw over 83 career and non-career ambassadors recalled from their stations.
Last December, reliable sources close to the President confirmed that Tinubu spent part of his holiday reviewing the names of nominees with plans to transmit a consolidated list to the National Assembly before the end of the month.
However, updates in January revealed that the President changed his mind.
Our correspondent gathered that the process suffered delays due to the paucity of funds to the tune of $1bn required to pay arrears of foreign service officials, settle a backlog of overheads, replace ageing vehicles and renovate embassy buildings.
