Senate drops two ambassadorial nominees, confirms 45

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the nomination of 45 out of the 47 ambassadorial nominees submitted to the upper legislative chamber by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The confirmation followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs which made the recommendation.

The two nominees rejected were 82-year-old Justice Sylvanus Nsofor (Imo State) and Jacob Daudu (Ondo State).

Chairman of the screening panel, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, who presented the report, said Nsofor was rejected due to his frail looks and temperamental disposition.

She added that the octogenarian also declined to recite the National Anthem when asked by the committee to do so during the screening exercise.