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Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by maupe: 3:30pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of 82-year-old Sylvanus Nsofor as an ambassador, after he was initially rejected in March.Mr. Nsofor from Imo State was one of the three non-career ambassadorial nominees the Senate rejected alongside Jacob Daodu from Ondo State, in March.“Although he was calm at the screening, he looked frail and tired. His responses to the issues raised were either not answered or devoid of details and mostly satirical,” observed Monsurat Sunmonu, chairperson of the foreign affairs committee, giving reason for Mr. Nsofor’s earlier rejection on March 23.Mrs. Sunmonu, APC-Oyo, also noted that Mr. Nsofor, during his screening, refused to recite the national anthem and questioned Senators’ reason for asking him for the recital. According to Mrs. Sunmonu, the 82-year-oldjudge pushed back a question on his suitability for the job of an envoy based on his age. Mrs. Sunmonu quoted the nominee as saying the Senate should ask Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe how he was leading his country despite his very advanced age. But despite his earlier rejection as well as the observations raised by the Senate,Mr. Nsofor was renominated for confirmation by Mr. Buhari on April 27.However, the committee on foreign affairs reversed itself on Wednesday by recommending Mr. Nsofor for confirmation. Mrs. Sunmonu said the nominee had improved in the ways he responded to questions during his second screening. She also said a report by the State Security Service against the nominee could not be sustained because it did not bother on criminal records but was a mere advisory based on Mr. Nsofor’s old age. Apart from Mr. Nsofor, the Senate also confirmed the nominations of Olusola Iji, Ondo State, and Yusuf Hinna, Gombe State, as non-career ambassadorial nominees. Meanwhile, the Senate tasked its foreign affairs committee to investigate the rationale for increased cost of Hajj pilgrimage by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/233287-breaking-senate-confirms-three-new-ambassadors-including-octogenarian-it-once-called-frail-weak.html |
Re: Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by joe4real12: 4:17pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
Papa Ambassador Life begins @80 ![]() |
Re: Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by yemmight(m): 4:28pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
Another waste. You keep denying young people the opportunity to develop themselves and the communities. @80 what will he offer? What? Yeye set of people. |
Re: Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by Blue3k2: 5:05pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
Lol good for these guys. |
Re: Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by OZAOEKPE(f): 5:07pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
When you have an old rag as a president |
Re: Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by Unimaginable123: 5:09pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
There are young educated men in imo state that buhari would have picked, but he decided to pick his agemate |
Re: Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by otokx(m): 6:11pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
That is Nigeria for you. |
Re: Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by Nobody: 6:46pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
Mugabe is doing very well |
Re: Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by thundafire: 7:38pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
Wen is colleague is 74 years as president wat do u expect a |
Re: Senate Confirms Old Man As Ambassador After Calling Him "Old Man" by UnchangeableGod: 8:01pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
I may be wrong but I think this man was nominated because he will soon kick the bucket or become incapacitated by age. Why did the papa not recommend a younger person even it is his own son? Is that the best Imo State can provide? Hope if what I fear happens, the state will have a replacement. It is well. |
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