By Favour Emmanuel
ABUJA— Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has appointed Ambassador Ahmed Sule as Special Assistant on Diplomacy and Foreign Relations.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement signed on Thursday by its Acting Spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, congratulated Sule on his appointment, expressing confidence in his ability to contribute to the minister’s foreign policy agenda.
According to the statement, Sule, a seasoned diplomat, is a Political Science graduate from Bayero University, Kano, with over 30 years of experience in Nigeria’s diplomatic service. Before his retirement in 2024, he served in various Directorates and Divisions of the ministry.
His extensive diplomatic career includes postings at Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, the Nigerian Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the High Commission in Ottawa, Canada.
He also served as Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
In 2021, former President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him as Nigeria’s Principal Envoy to India, with concurrent accreditation to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, a role he held until December 2023.
The ministry stated that Sule is expected to bring his wealth of experience to bear in advancing the implementation of Tuggar’s foreign policy agenda.
