Professor
Ibrahim Agboola Gambari may be announced soon as the new chief of staff to
President Muhammadu Buhari.
He will
replace Mallam Abba Kyari who passed away on 17 April after succumbing to
coronavirus complications.
The
appointment is yet to be confirmed but Vanguard, which broke the news appears
to have an official source.
Prof.
Gambari, 74, is a Nigerian scholar, diplomat and an indigene of Kwara state.
He is not
affiliated to any political party, but was supported the Enough is Enough
campaign in his home state of Kwara last year.
Gambari, who
has the national title of CFR was born November 24, 1944, in Ilorin, Kwara
State.
He was
educated at King’s College, Lagos.
He later went
to London School of Economics where he obtained his B. Sc. (Economics) degree
(1968) with specialisation in International Relations.
In 1970, he
obtained an M.A. from Columbia University, New York and a PHD in the same
school in 1974.
Gambari once
served as external affairs minister under the military regime of Buhari between
1984 and 1985.
He also
served as Nigeria’s Representative in the United Nations.
He is
currently the Special Adviser on the International Compact with Iraq and Other
Issues for the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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