Mahmood Yakubu assumes duty as Nigeria’s ambassador to Qatar

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, has arrived successful Doha to formally statesman his duty arsenic Nigeria’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar.

Yakubu received a lukewarm invited connected accomplishment from officials of the Qatari authorities arsenic good arsenic members of the African diplomatic assemblage based successful the country.

He was received astatine the Hamad International Airport by the Director of the Protocol Department astatine Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah Fakhro.

A delegation of 13 African ambassadors nonmigratory successful Doha was besides contiguous to invited the Nigerian envoy.

Among dignitaries astatine the reception were the Secretary-General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, Dr Philip Mshelbila, and the President of the Nigerians successful Diaspora Organisation successful Qatar, Michael Ihekwaba.

The instauration of the African diplomatic delegation was led by the Ambassador of Guinea and the President of the Bureau of the African Group of Ambassadors to Qatar, Ambassador Thierno Sow.

The delegation included ambassadors and heads of ngo from Guinea, Algeria, Burundi, Morocco, Tanzania, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal, Togo, Benin and the Central African Republic.

Yakubu besides exchanged little pleasantries with respective diplomats, including the Ambassad...