{"id":170485,"date":"2025-07-20T23:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu"},"modified":"2025-07-21T00:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:48:58","slug":"appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu","title":{"rendered":"Appoint ambassadors now \u2013 ADC to Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has warned President Bola Tinubu that his failure to appoint ambassadors to Nigeria\u2019s foreign missions will have disastrous consequences for the country\u2019s foreign relations and will further worsen the plight of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by the party\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, ADC noted that this is the longest period Nigeria has gone without duly accredited ambassadors in any of its foreign missions. It added that if the embarrassing absence is allowed to persist, other countries will soon start to downgrade Nigeria, and the Nigerian people will bear the brunt.<\/p>\n<p>ADC stated that the Tinubu administration\u2019s refusal to appoint ambassadors after two years in office reflects the scale of its ambition for the country and its utter lack of understanding of what it takes to govern a country as important as Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recalled Nigeria\u2019s 109 ambassadors from across the world in 2023, none has been replaced, leaving our country no voice or representation when decisions are taken that affect our country and our citizens,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA most recent consequence of this vacuum is the escalation of visa and other consular issues between Nigeria and the duo of the United States and UAE. Yet, the government has failed to demonstrate any urgency to remedy this embarrassing situation. Junior diplomats or charge de affair cannot take the place of ambassadors as they are limited in his access and recognition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis inexplicable failure of this government to appoint ambassadors has affected the quality of our engagement and relationships with the countries hosting our missions all over the world, and if the government does not act fast to remedy this situation other countries may also start to downgrade their representation in Nigeria to the level charge de affairs as a form of protest at a time that Nigeria needs to put her best foot forward in pursuit of economic diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cADC regrets to note that while countries across the world are busy forming alliances, negotiating trade deals, and securing investment agreements for their nations, Nigeria is not in the room, because we have no high-level diplomatic representation in our missions across the world. While the rest of Africa asserts its presence in Washington, Beijing, and Moscow, Nigeria is stuck in neutral, unable even to introduce ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Tinubu administration takes its sweet time to decide which cronies to reward with ambassadorial postings, Nigerians abroad, from our students to our workers and other professionals, are left to suffer all manners of indignity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll over the world, Nigeria\u2019s consular services have become even weaker, the morale among foreign service professionals is at its lowest, and our diplomatic missions have become a sorry symbol of a country that no longer takes itself seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public reaction of the Tinubu administration to the reported United States government\u2019s request to Nigeria to receive Venezuelan deportees is a major indication of the administration\u2019s diplomatic incompetence which could have been avoided if we had an ambassador in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the ADC is inclined to support the government\u2019s position on the matter, we are appalled that the foreign affairs minister could so recklessly express Nigeria\u2019s position on prime-time TV show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch sensitive diplomatic communications with an important and powerful partner like the United States could have been handled with greater discretion. But then, this is a government that has favoured showiness over thoughtful policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Tinubu should appoint ambassadors now to save Nigeria any further foreign policy embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has warned President Bola Tinubu that his failure to appoint ambassadors to Nigeria\u2019s foreign missions will have disastrous consequences for the country\u2019s foreign relations and will further worsen the plight of Nigerians. In a statement issued by the party\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, ADC noted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[118,254,945],"class_list":["post-170485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-adc","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Appoint ambassadors now \u2013 ADC to Tinubu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has warned President Bola Tinubu that his failure to appoint ambassadors to Nigeri ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Appoint ambassadors now \u2013 ADC to Tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has warned President Bola Tinubu that his failure to appoint ambassadors to Nigeri ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-20T22:45:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-20T23:48:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753042862.651562.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Appoint ambassadors now \u2013 ADC to Tinubu\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-20T22:45:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-20T23:48:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu\"},\"wordCount\":606,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753042862.651562.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/appoint-ambassadors-now-adc-to-tinubu\",\"name\":\"Appoint ambassadors now \u2013 ADC to Tinubu - 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