Nigeria, April 17 -- Nigeria's foreign minister, Yusuf Tuggar, says his ministry has forwarded the names of ambassadorial nominees to President Bola Tinubu. However, the president's attention to economic reforms and other state matters has delayed the formal appointment of the ambassadors, he said.

Mr Tuggar, who spoke in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, said, "The president has to forward the names to the Senate for screening, and thereafter, there will be a request where we will assign ambassadors to the nations where they will go."

He said the list was transmitted to the president over a year ago in the wake of the macroeconomic reforms, "which was more important" and marked the beginning of the Tinubu administration, hence...