The Nigerian Senate has confirmed  45 out of 47 persons as non-career ambassadors following their nominations by President Muhammadu Buhari but declined the confirmation of two nominees from Imo and Ondo states.

The decisions followed the report presented by Monsurat Sunmonu, APC-Oyo, chairperson of the committee on foreign affairs, which had screened the 47 nominees.

The Senate rejected the nominations of Sylvanus Nsofor, a retired judge from Imo State and Jacob Daodu from Ondo State. Recall that 82-year-old Nsofor during his screening, refused to recite the national anthem. The oldest of the nominees questioned the Senators’ reason for asking him to recite the anthem.

According to Mrs. Sunmonu, Mr. Nsofor was confrontational in his response to questions. He was reported to have told the Senators to ask Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe how he was leading his country despite his very advanced age.

In the case of Mr. Daodu, he was said to have been dropped because of a negative report from the Department of State  Services (DSS) which indicted him of corruption.