JODA, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed

OFR, CON, CFR, administrator, b: 1930; p: Yola, Adamawa; married, has children,cd: Yola Elementary School, Yola; Middle School; Kaduna College,.1945-48; Pitman's College,Undon, 1954-56. cr: Nigerian Broadcasting Service, 1956-60; snr. asst sec./ps. former Northern Nigerian Public Service, 1962-67; ps. Federal Ministries of Information, Education and later Industries, 1967-78; retired voluntarily from the Public Service, 1978; mm: Constituent Assembly, 1988-89; dir. Commercial Bank (Credit Lyonnais); Flour Mills of Nigeria Ltd; Food Specialties Nigeria Ltd., Lagos; George Wimpey&Company Nigeria Ltd; Nigerian-French Insurance Company Ltd., 1987; New Africa Holdings Ltd' (Publishers of the Democrat Newspapers), Kaduna; Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), since March 2000; ch. NCC, currently; SCOA Nigeria Limited, Ingersoll-Rand Nigeria Ltd., Lagos; Committee to Advise the Presidency on Poverty Alleviation, July 17, 1999; Governing Council, ABTI-American University, Yola, since 2005; nh: Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), 1965; Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), 1979; Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), 2002; hob: reading, writing;…