President Muhammadu
Buhari has appointed Ibrahim Gambari, former UN under secretary-general, as his
chief of staff.
Boss Mustapha,
secretary to the government of the federation, announced the appointment of
Gambari at the federal executive council (FEC) virtual meeting on Wednesday.
Gambari replaces
Abba Kyari who died on April 17 from COVID-19 complications.
The new chief of
staff, who is from Kwara state, was the minister of external affairs from 1984
to 1985 under Buhari’s military regime.
He also served as
the under secretary-general of the UN and special adviser to the
secretary-general on Africa between 1999 and 2005.
NigerianEye had previously
reported that he would be unveiled at the virtual FEC meeting.
The president’s
media team later released the biodata below.
Professor Ibrahim A.
Gambari, CFR, OCORT, a scholar-diplomat, is the Founder/Chairman of the Board
of Directors of Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, a
non-governmental think-tank on research, policy studies, advocacy and training
on the nexus between conflict prevention and resolution, democratisation and
development in Africa.
He has had an
illustrious career, spanning academia, government and international diplomacy,
culminating with his appointment as the first United Nations Under-Secretary
General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa (1999-2005). He
was the Chairman of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid
(1990-1994) and on Peace-Keeping Operations (1990—1999). He was Head of the
United Nations Department of Political Affairs (2005-2007) and also operated as
UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Cyprus, Zimbabwe and Myanmar and
Special Representative in Angola.
Earlier, he was
Minister of External Affairs (1984-1985) and subsequently Ambassador/Permanent
Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations (1990-1999). Professor Gambari
also served as Joint AU/UN Special Representative in Darfur and Head of UNAMID
(2010-2012). He is currently a Chairperson of the Panel of Eminent Persons of
the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
Professor Gambari
attended the Provincial (now Government) Secondary School, Ilorin before
proceeding to the Floreat Collegium Kings College, Lagos. He received his BSc
(Econs) degree from the London School of Economics (1968) and his MA and PhD in
Political Science/International Relations (1970, 1974) from Columbia University,
USA. He has taught at universities in the Unites States, Nigeria and Singapore
and has to his credit the authorship of a number of books.
He has received
several academic and national honours, including the “Commander of Federal
Republic of Nigeria” (CFR), and the “Order of the Champion of the Oliver R.
Tambo” (OCORT) of South Africa. He is the Pioneer Chancellor of the Kwara State
University (KWASU), Ilorin, Nigeria, as well as the current Pro-Chancellor and
Chairman of the Governing Council of Bayero University, Kano (BUK). He is a
married with children and grandchildren.
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