₦airaland Forum

malali:
Source:https://dailypost.ng/2025/12/01/jonathans-kinsmen-divided-over-omokris-ambassadorial-nomination/

malali:
You’re right: many countries appoint non-career ambassadors. That doesn’t mean anyone is fit.
Diplomacy isn’t about fanfare or social-media noise ,it’s about discretion, emotional intelligence, temperament, subtlety, consistency, tact.
Reno Omokri built his brand on spectacle, trolling, protests and online drama, the exact opposite of what you want representing your country abroad.
So no, it’s not a matter of “career vs non-career.” It’s a matter of ambassadorial quality vs unfit performance, and by that measure, he falls short.

Guestmale:
It's you and your likes that the outcome was controversial to moreover your candidates was given the opportunity in the court to prove it but couldn't and the case was eventually trashed by the court.

malali:

I trust the Nigerian Senate, they will block him. He has no business being an international representative of Nigeria. This is a position that requires tact and diplomacy. He has none of these.

seunmsg:
If the opinion of haters like you really matters, Tinubu won’t be president today and Reno Omokri won’t be an ambassadorial nominee. Sorry buddy, you’re the irrelevant one here.

malali:
Omokri doesnt have what it takes to represent Nigeria in Burundi. He lacks anything ambassadorial and its an insult on other ambassadors if someone like him gets mixed up with them.

malali:

I trust the Nigerian Senate, they will block him. He has no business being an international representative of Nigeria. This is a position that requires tact and diplomacy. He has none of these.

seunmsg:
Why exactly will any sane country reject Reno Omokri? Make it make sense pls. I’m listening.

LagosOrigin:
Is omokri really that a bad person ?

Why is everyone kicking against his nomination, even his kinsmen hmm

AustineE1:
First of all,just for political expediency or probably the briefing he has from certain quarters,he played active role in pushing tribal bashing online(so called ambassador),putting a knife on things that hold the ethnic groups together.It means the president approved such,who that's interesting.
Several of his postings online has been bursted and found to be untrue,just a mere political jobber.
The same man kept telling the whole world that Mr president was a drug baron,took to the gutters to even tell Nigerians a d the whole world that the president hygiene is in question(I would want to mention what he said on this platform because atleast I still have some respect to whoever presides as the president of my country),the list of his infractions are endless.
At a time we have trust issue and the west view on us.
Then his posting sends the wrong message to our youths whom now knows that being a political jobber and a charlatan pays in Nigeria. The president is causing a great damage on psych of our gen z population.

seunmsg:
Why exactly will any sane country reject Reno Omokri? Make it make sense pls. I’m listening.

advanceDNA:
Senate will block Reno?? Since this Senate started, have u seen them objectively oppose the president ?? The Nigerian Senate along side the other arms of goverment have always been a weapon fashioned against Nigerians...

What made Reno's name appear on that list in the first place is the same thing that will approve him.......

malali:
Reno Omokri: The Last Man Nigeria Should Call an Ambassador

Nigeria is a nation fighting for credibility on the world stage, yet somehow, in a moment demanding maturity, depth, and diplomatic steadiness, Reno Omokri has found his way onto an ambassadorial nomination list. If irony were a currency, this alone could fund the national budget.




For years, Omokri built his brand not on policy insight or statesmanship, but on street-corner showmanship, online trolling, and hyper-dramatic protests designed to trend rather than transform. He protested Buhari in front of Abuja House in London with more theatrics than a Nollywood audition. He later turned his sights on President Tinubu, hurling wild accusations and indulging in the kind of loud political mudslinging no serious diplomat would ever touch.

Now we’re expected to believe this same man, who spent years amplifying chaos, stoking division, and reinventing himself to suit the next political wind, is suddenly ambassadorial material? Nigeria deserves better than a professional provocateur performing diplomacy like a Twitter skit.

Ambassadors require emotional intelligence, restraint, composure, and the ability to build bridges even with opponents. Reno Omokri’s public record shows the opposite: impulsiveness, performative outrage, attention-seeking, and zero evidence of tact. His résumé boasts hashtags, alter egos, and paid mass protests, not diplomacy, negotiation, or refined statecraft.

Nigerians are looking to the Senate to show spine to declare, boldly and unapologetically, that the nation’s image is not a plaything for internet personalities seeking their next spotlight. The position demands gravitas, not gimmicks; credibility, not clout-chasing.

Reno Omokri has every right to political expression, but no claim to an ambassadorial seat. Not with his volatility, not with his inconsistency, and certainly not with the glaring absence of the diplomatic temperament such a role demands.

Nigeria cannot afford an ambassador who treats governance like content creation. The world is watching and the Senate must act accordingly.

malali:
Source:https://dailypost.ng/2025/12/01/jonathans-kinsmen-divided-over-omokris-ambassadorial-nomination/

malali:

I trust the Nigerian Senate, they will block him. He has no business being an international representative of Nigeria. This is a position that requires tact and diplomacy. He has none of these.

Arutan:
Reno will excel. It’s a perfect choice.

Lanruze:
The Senate under Godswill Akpabio rejected Nasir El-Rufai and two (2) others.

They also rejected Festus Keyamo (SAN) and took the personal intervention of the C-in-C to get a Senate Approval for Keyamo.

Don't underestimate people you have wronged before.

LagosOrigin:
Is omokri really that a bad person ?

Why is everyone kicking against his nomination, even his kinsmen hmm

nairalanda1:
I'm just amused with nigerians

Ambassadorial roles are rarely for diplomats...most of the time, they are rewards for cronies, and VIP's who can be useful or have been useful to the government, and yes for propaganda chaps like Omokiri.

It's common even in other countries. In the USA, the daughter of the late President Kennedy was appointed as an ambassador by a previous administration. In times past the former child actress Miss Temple was appointed as USA ambassador to two countries. NONE of them had diplomatic expereince.

Maybe for the really important roles they will give a proper diplomat eg Nigeria ambassador to the USA.

The real job will be done by the diplomats working under the eye candy ambassadors.

It's been like that for decades. At one time our ambassador to the UK was (drumroll) a former captain of industry. Not a trained diplomat. And he was on seat for years.

You can grumble, or get your senator to pass a law that restricts ambassadorial roles to ACTUAL DIPLOMATS...preferrably those with a degree in international studies self. But no Nigerian will do that, because it prevents chopping in the future. Including the senators who are eyeing such jobs when their time in the NA finishes.

Memphitz357:
The Nigerian Senate under Akpabio is nothing but a house of comedy

malali:
Reno Omokri: The Last Man Nigeria Should Call an Ambassador

Nigeria is a nation fighting for credibility on the world stage, yet somehow, in a moment demanding maturity, depth, and diplomatic steadiness, Reno Omokri has found his way onto an ambassadorial nomination list. If irony were a currency, this alone could fund the national budget.

For years, Omokri built his brand not on policy insight or statesmanship, but on street-corner showmanship, online trolling, and hyper-dramatic protests designed to trend rather than transform. He protested Buhari in front of Abuja House in London with more theatrics than a Nollywood audition. He later turned his sights on President Tinubu, hurling wild accusations and indulging in the kind of loud political mudslinging no serious diplomat would ever touch.

Now we’re expected to believe this same man, who spent years amplifying chaos, stoking division, and reinventing himself to suit the next political wind, is suddenly ambassadorial material? Nigeria deserves better than a professional provocateur performing diplomacy like a Twitter skit.

Ambassadors require emotional intelligence, restraint, composure, and the ability to build bridges even with opponents. Reno Omokri’s public record shows the opposite: impulsiveness, performative outrage, attention-seeking, and zero evidence of tact. His résumé boasts hashtags, alter egos, and paid mass protests, not diplomacy, negotiation, or refined statecraft.

Nigerians are looking to the Senate to show spine to declare, boldly and unapologetically, that the nation’s image is not a plaything for internet personalities seeking their next spotlight. The position demands gravitas, not gimmicks; credibility, not clout-chasing.

Reno Omokri has every right to political expression, but no claim to an ambassadorial seat. Not with his volatility, not with his inconsistency, and certainly not with the glaring absence of the diplomatic temperament such a role demands.

Nigeria cannot afford an ambassador who treats governance like content creation. The world is watching and the Senate must act accordingly.

SmartPolician:
You make a character like Reno Omokri an ambassador and not expect Donald Trump to call Nigeria a now disgraced country! Dey play!!

malali:
Reno Omokri: The Last Man Nigeria Should Call an Ambassador

Nigeria is a nation fighting for credibility on the world stage, yet somehow, in a moment demanding maturity, depth, and diplomatic steadiness, Reno Omokri has found his way onto an ambassadorial nomination list. If irony were a currency, this alone could fund the national budget.

For years, Omokri built his brand not on policy insight or statesmanship, but on street-corner showmanship, online trolling, and hyper-dramatic protests designed to trend rather than transform. He protested Buhari in front of Abuja House in London with more theatrics than a Nollywood audition. He later turned his sights on President Tinubu, hurling wild accusations and indulging in the kind of loud political mudslinging no serious diplomat would ever touch.

Now we’re expected to believe this same man, who spent years amplifying chaos, stoking division, and reinventing himself to suit the next political wind, is suddenly ambassadorial material? Nigeria deserves better than a professional provocateur performing diplomacy like a Twitter skit.

Ambassadors require emotional intelligence, restraint, composure, and the ability to build bridges even with opponents. Reno Omokri’s public record shows the opposite: impulsiveness, performative outrage, attention-seeking, and zero evidence of tact. His résumé boasts hashtags, alter egos, and paid mass protests, not diplomacy, negotiation, or refined statecraft.

Nigerians are looking to the Senate to show spine to declare, boldly and unapologetically, that the nation’s image is not a plaything for internet personalities seeking their next spotlight. The position demands gravitas, not gimmicks; credibility, not clout-chasing.

Reno Omokri has every right to political expression, but no claim to an ambassadorial seat. Not with his volatility, not with his inconsistency, and certainly not with the glaring absence of the diplomatic temperament such a role demands.

Nigeria cannot afford an ambassador who treats governance like content creation. The world is watching and the Senate must act accordingly.