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President Buhari has appointed former Minister of External
Affairs, Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, as his Chief of Staff.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Mr. Boss
Mustapha announced the appointment before the commencement of the Federal
Executive Council meeting this morning, May 13th.
Gambari takes over from late Abba Kyari who died on April
17, following complications from COVID-19 infection.
The new Chief of Staff was born on November 24, 1944 in
Ilorin, Kwara State, and served as Minister for External Affairs when President
Buhari was military Head of State between 1984 and 1985. He holds the record of
being the longest-serving Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the
United Nations (January 1990 to October 1999), and altogether served under five
Heads of State and President. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari
He was subsequently appointed by the former
Secretary-General of United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, and the chairperson of the
African Union Commission as Joint African Union-United Nations Special
Representative for Darfur in January 2010.
On March 4, 2013, he was named by the Kwara State governor,
AbdulFatah Ahmad, as the pioneer Chancellor of the Kwara State University.
Gambari attended King's College, Lagos. He subsequently
attended the London School of Economics where he obtained his B.Sc. (Economics)
degree (1968) with a specialization in International Relations.
He later obtained his M.A. (1970) and Ph. D. (1974) degrees
from Columbia University, New York, USA, in Political Science/International
Relations.
He is married with children and grandchildren.
