Buhari appoints ex-UN Permanent Representative, Ibrahim Gambari, as Chief of Staff
President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has appointed Nigeria’s former Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, as the new Chief of Staff to President.
Gambari, also Minister of Foreign Affairs and confidant during the military regime of President Buhari, by his new appointment replaces late Mallam Abba Kyari, who died due to complications of coronavirus on 17 April.
It was gathered that the former diplomat met with the President at about 8am on Tuesday at the State House, Abuja and that he will resume work on Wednesday.
Prof. Gambari, 74, is a Nigerian scholar, diplomat and an indigene of Kwara State.
He is not affiliated to any political party, but supported the O’ To Ge (Enough is Enough) campaign that finally removed the Oloye political dynasty as ruling influence in his home state of Kwara last year.
Gambari, who has the national title of Commander of the Order of Federal Republic (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.
