Ex-INEC Chair Yakubu Assumes Office As Nigeria’s Ambassador To Qatar

Nigeria’s newly appointed Ambassador to Qatar, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has officially assumed duty in Doha, marking the beginning of his diplomatic assignment following a distinguished career in academia, public service and electoral administration.
Yakubu arrived in the Qatari capital on Wednesday and was accorded a warm reception by senior officials of the Qatari government, members of the African diplomatic community and representatives of the Nigerian diaspora.
He was received at Hamad International Airport by the Director of the Protocol Department at Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah Fakhro, alongside a delegation of 13 African ambassadors resident i...