Profile of President Buhari's new Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari:

Date: 2020-05-13

Professor Ibrahim Agboola 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 married with children and grandchildren.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Justina Oha     Kayode Bankole     Kolade Solagberu     Malete     Galland Marcias     Kemi Adeosun     Afetu Of Alabe     Abubakar B.M     Sulu Gambari     Iyabo Adewuyi     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Iyaloja-General     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Boko Haram     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Ayobami Seriki     Ilesha-Baruba     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Iyeru Grammar School     Rafiu Ibrahim     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Olatunji Ayeni     Goodluck Jonathan     Atunwa     Saliu Mustapha     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Noah Yusuf     Eleyele     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Isiaka Danmeromu     Musa Abdullahi     Kwara Basketball Association     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Mashood Dauda     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Ojuekun     Alikinla     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Omotoso Musa     Aliyu Muyideen     Okala Baba     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Mike Omotosho     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Olatunji Bamgbola     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Babatunde Idiagbon     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Michael Nzekwe     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Isau     Kayode Oyin Zubair     John Obuh     Umar Saro     Funke Adedoyin     Sherif Sagaya     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Adamu Attah     Balikis Jawondo     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     John Kehinde Salako     Al-Ilory     Samari     Ajasse-Ipo     Offa Descendants Union     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Quran     Abraham Ojo     Alaiye     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Moshood Mustapha     Abdulkadir Jimoh    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

ANCOPPS     Valsolar     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Busari Alabi Alausa     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Olateju Lukman     Salman Jawondo     NURTW     Aliyu Adebayo     Bolakale Saka     Raheem Adaramaja     Ayinde Oyepitan     Illyasu Abdullahi     Saadu Yusuf     Osinbajo     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Abdullahi Atanda     Elections     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Kwara State Pension Board     ITP     Olatunde Jare     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Idris Amosa Saidu     Yakubu Shaaba     Garment Factory     Ishaq Salman     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Gbemi Saraki     Al-Hikmah Radio     Ahman Pategi University     Haleeman Salman     Saliu Alamoyo     3MTT     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     SSA Youth     Yakubu Danladi     NIPOGA     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Olatunji Ibrahim     Muhammed Akanbi     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Segun Ogunsola     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Labour Party     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Kolo     Gani Saadu     Haliru Dantoro     Zainab Abass     Olaosebikan     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Abdulazeez Uthman     Isiaka Gold     CCB     Diagnostic Centre     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Akume     Tsaragi/Share     Yakub Ali-Agan     Oyun     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Nurudeen Mohammed     Tunde Kazeem     Bola Olukoju     Saba Jibril     Shehu Jimoh     Yahaya Dumoye     Ajike People Support Centre     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations