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.

Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Ope Saraki     Funmilayo Oniwa     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Olaosebikan     Okin Malt     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Ilorin South Constituency     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Roseline Oni Aremu     Offa     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Umar Ayinla Saro     Olaitan Buraimoh     REO CAKES     Raheem Adaramaja     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     EFCC     Agor     TIC     Moses Adekanye     March 18     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Assayomo     Yemi Sanni     Wasiu Onidugbe     Kwara State Government     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Umar Adelodun     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Aliyu Salihu     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Lotus Bank     Halidu Danbaba     Budo Egba     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Suleiman Mora Omar     Abubakar Imam     Titus Ashaolu     Nigerian Army     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Tunji Arosanyin     Jaigbade Alao     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Jide Ashonibare     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Bolakale Ayo     Sam Onile     Nupe     Ajibike Katibi     AIT Ilorin     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Isaac Gbenle     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Lanre Olosunde     Kwara     Saka Keji     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Kayode Bankole     Code Of Conduct     Irepodun     Kanu Agabi     Taofeek Sanusi     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Wole Oke     Segun Ogunsola     Lithium     Sidikat Akaje     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Yemi Osinbajo     Oba Abdulraheem     Ado Ibrahim     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Ogbondoroko    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Aminat Omodara     Yusuf Abubakar     Lateef Alagbonsi     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Edu     Dagbalodo     Vasolar Consortium     11th Galadima     Olusola Saraki     Amusement Park     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Emmanuel Bello     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Metro Park     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Sodiya     Hassan Taiye Salam     Kwasu     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Mohammed Abdulahi     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Bola Tinubu     General Hospital, Offa     AbdulHamid Adi     Isiaka Danmeromu     Kale Bayero     20 Billion Bond     Lawal Jimoh     Azeez Salawu     Kunle Okeowo     Kisra     Seed Technologies     Emir Of Kano     Idowu Laro     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Kayode Zubair     Oluranti Idowu     Idris Garuba     Bukola Saraki     Saidu Isa     Coronavirus     Oloyede     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Odolaye Aremu     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Christopher Ayeni     Okasanmi Ajayi     Ramat Oganija     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Lanwa     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     ER-KANG     Maigida Soludero Transit     First Lady     Alabe     GAMA     Hamid Bobboyi     Yakub Ali-Agan     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     V.O. Abioye     Adisa Logun     Okin Group     Olam Food Ingredients     Leke Ogungbe     Afonja     Olohungbebe     Tunji Moronfoye     07039448763     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Agboola Babatunde     Mujtabah Bature     Doyin Group