The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), through it's Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said on Thursday night, in Abuja, that there was nothing wrong with President Muhammadu Buhari nominating any citizen, including the immediate past Service Chiefs, for the position of an Ambassador so long as such a person remained acceptable and worthy of the office.
This is following the concerns over the nomination of Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (retd ), Lt Gen Tukur Y. Buratai (retd), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd), and Air Vice Marshal Mohammed S. Usman (retd) as non-career Ambassador-designates barely two weeks after they retired from the military, and the speculations that their nomination was to shield them from investigation for alleged crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, ICC. NEF’s spokesman in response said, “It is the constitutional responsibility of the President to nominate people who he believes are deserving to represent the country, and that of the National Assembly to scrutinize the nominations and decide on them. What is important is to ensure that people who will be our representatives in other countries are persons with the highest personal and professional credentials and character.”
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