𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀’𝐒 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 : 𝐃𝐑 𝐔𝐙𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐄

𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀’𝐒 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 : 𝐃𝐑 𝐔𝐙𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐄

Dr. Uzoma Emenike has been appointed as Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United States of America. She is currently the serving Ambassador in Ireland and holds concurrent accreditation to Iceland.

Ambassador Emenike joined the Nigeria Foreign Service over 30 years ago. She served in Protocol Department and Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Subsequently, she was posted to the Nigerian Embassy in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire in 1992, where she served for six years. Upon her return to headquarters in Nigeria, she was variously deployed to other departments of the Ministry, during which she represented Nigeria in numerous bilateral and multilateral missions, both at home and abroad.

In 2002, Dr. Emenike left the Foreign Service for the private sector where, amongst others, she worked as a Management Consultant.

She has two Bachelor’s degrees, two Master’s degrees, and capped her academic pursuit with a Doctorate degree in International Relations, from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. – The Diaspora Post