Nigeria, March 9 -- Thirty months after recalling all Nigerian ambassadors and 15 months before the end of its four-year tenure, the Tinubu administration, on March 6, 2026, unveiled Nigeria's ambassadors.

In the first place, the recall of the ambassadors in September 2023 was myopic. It left the country without ambassadors at a time when the world was on the boil and our West African region was falling apart.

It was also embarrassing that, for over two years, the government was unable to appoint new ambassadors.

But as the administration rolled out the names of the new ambassadors and their supposed countries of posting, I sensed the absence of professionalism in the process.

After ambassadors are named and screened, the next basic ...