Ibrahim Agboola Gambari CFR, was appointed as the new chief of Staff on Tuesday, May 12, following the demise of Late Abba Kyari.

Mr. Gambari who was born in Ilorin, Kwara State on November 24, 1944 is a Nigerian scholar and diplomat. He attended King’s College in Lagos and subsequently attended the London School of Economics where he obtained his B.Sc. Economics degree in 1968 with specialisation in International Relations.

Gambari later obtained his M.A. (1970) and Ph. D. (1974) degrees from Columbia University, New York, USA in Political Science /International Relations.

Gambari began his teaching career in 1969 at City University of New York before working at University of Albany and later taught at Ahmadu Bello University, in Zaria, Kaduna State, the second largest university in Africa.

From 1986 to 1989, he was a visiting Professor at three universities in Washington, D.C.: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Georgetown University and Howard University.

He has also been a research fellow at the Brookings Institution also in Washington D.C. and a Resident Scholar at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center, the Rockefeller Foundation-run center in Italy. He was accorded, honoris causa, the title of Doctor of Humane Letters (D.Hum.Litt.) from the University of Bridgeport.

He is a member of the Johns Hopkins University’s Society of Scholars. He was decorated with the title of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) by the Government of Nigeria.

The new chief of staff was Minister for External Affairs between 1984 and 1985. He later assumed the position of the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations and Chairman of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations from 1990 -1999.

In 1999, Prof. Gambari became the President of the Executive Board of UNICEF until year 2000 when he was appointed Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Adviser on Africa till 2005.

He later became the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Department of Political Affairs from 2005 to 2007.

Gambari was also appointed by the 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.

He was appointed the Special Adviser on the International Compact with Iraq and Other Issues for the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

On March 4, 2013, Ibrahim Gambari was named by the Kwara State Governor, AbdulFatah Ahmad, as the pioneer chancellor of the Kwara State University, making him the ceremonial head of...

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I wish him the best

Well, hope he performs better than his predecessor.