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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has named Adeyinka Asekun as a new non-career ambassadorial nominee.
Adeyinka Asekun
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, names Adeyinka Asekun as a new non-career ambassadorial nominee, it was gathered.
Asekun, a banker will join the list of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees who will be screened by the Senate.
Senate President Bukola Saraki while addressing lawmakers, on Tuesday, announced the fresh addition to the list of nominee initially submitted to the Senate.
The addition of Asekun’s name was conveyed in a letter sent to the Senate by Osinbajo.
A list of the batch of nominees were submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, January 12, before leaving Nigeria to the United Kingdom.
Asekun, an indigene of Ogun State is currently the chairman of Wema Bank.
He graduate from the University of Wisconsin and bagged an MBA from the California State University.
He headed retail banking sections at the United Bank for Africa and now defunct Oceanic Bank.
