Gwadabawa,
AHMADU
Hamzat,
- Married
Appointed in the former Northern Nigeria secretariat, Kaduna, 1950; and in the Provincial Office, Kano, 1950-53; served in the former Northern House of Assembly, Kaduna, 1953-54; Private Secretary to the premier of Northern Nigeria, Kaduna, 1957-59 later transferred to the Federal Government Service, Foreign Affairs Branch, Prime Minister’s Office, Lagos 1960; Posted to Nigerian High Commission, London, 1960-61; Second Secretary, Nige rian High Commission, London, 1960-61; Second Secretary, First Secretary/Counsel lor, Nigerian Embassy, Bonn, West Germany, 1961-64; Head. Africa Division, Con sular and Treaties Department, Ministry of External Affairs, Lagos, 1964-65; Director, Asia Department, Ministry of External Affairs, Lagos; Officer on Special Duties on the conduct and operation of Moslem Pil grimage to Mecca, 1965-66; Administrative Secretary (On Secondment to State House) to the Head of Federal Military Government, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Major-General JTU Ironsi, May 1966;member, Nigerian Delegation to the OAU Good will Mission of the Heads of State in Arab – Israeli Dispute, 1972; member, Nigerian Delegation to Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 1973-75; member, Nigerian Delegation to the heads of State and Government Conference for Signing the Charter of the ECOWAS, Lagos, May, 1975; Principal Secretary to the Head of the Federal Military Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, 1975-76; appointed Nigerian Ambassador Extra-Ordinary and Plenipotentiary to former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and German Democratic Republic , USSR and (GDR), 1975-78 and to the Netherlands, 1978-81; appointed Director-General, Pro tocoland National Assembly Liaison Department, Ministry of External Affairs, Lagos, 1981-82; appointed Nigerian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Republic of Cameroun, 1982-84; appointed Director- General, African Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Lagos, 1984-86; Permanent Sec retary/Head, Diplomatic Service, Ministry of External Affairs, Lagos, 1986-87; appointed Nigerian Ambassador, Extraor dinary and Plenipotentiary, USA, Washing ton D.C and Nigerian High Commissioner, Commonwealth of Bahamas, Nassau; Com missioner-General, Economic Affairs, World Bank and International Monetary Fund, 1987-91; Chairman, Board of Directors, A.G. Leventis (Nigeria) Pic, since 1991; Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, since 1992; Chairman, Board of Governors, Sokoto State Polytechnic, Talata, Sokoto, 1992-94; Chairman, Gamji Bank ofNigeria Pic, since 1993; Chairman,, Board of Governors, Shehu Shagari College of Education; Sokoto, since 1994; associate member, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, since 1958; member, Royal Commonwealth Society, 1960; elected Independent Expert member, UN Committee against Racial Discrimination, 1975-98; member, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Facial Discrimination since 1985;
Walin Sokoto, 1982
Commander of Order of the Niger, 1987
recipient, Decorations of Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Niger, Mauritania, Guinea, Cameroun, Tchad, The Gambia; recipient, of keys to the City of Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; San Diego; Chicago, Illinois, Atlanta; Mount Vernon, New York; Philadelphia; Baltimore, Maryland; Arkansas
Doctor of Law Degree, University of Los Angeles, United States, 1989; Doctor of Letter Degree, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, 155 AHMADU 1993;
Current affairs, hockey, walking, squash
Ikoyi Club; member, Polo Club, Ikoyi
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