MIRIAM NNOLI 
Former presidential aide, Laolu Akande on Monday said President Bola Tinubu must appoint ambassadors to strategic countries for Nigeria to stand a chance to clinch a permanent seat on the United Nations (UN) Security Council.
New Telegraph recalls that at the just concluded 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), President Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, demanded seats for Africa on the UN Security Council.
Reacting to the plea, Akande said for such demand to be effective, the president should swiftly appoint ambassadors to push Nigeria’s diplomatic agenda overseas.
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Akande noted, “The President may begin to look at the issues of naming ambassadors because if we really want to get this seat, we need an ambassador in New York, we need an ambassador in Washington DC, we need in London.
“There are key places where we should have ambassadors, even in Africa. Even if you don’t want to do the whole over 100, do like 10 of key places so that we can get in early.
“I think it will be very difficult if there are two seats on the Permanent Membership and on the Security Council and Nigeria doesn’t get it… We have a lot of work to do because there are very strong resistance.”
