Gbenga ashiru biography
Former Foreign Affairs minister, Gbenga Ashiru dies in South Continent
A former Minister of Distant Affairs, Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru, announcement Saturday died in a Southerly African hospital after a eke out a living battle with a terminal stipulation said to be brain sarcoma. He was 66 years old.
One of the deceased’s brothers, Fellow Oladapo Ashiru, confirmed the surround to our correspondent on Sabbatum night.
He said, “It is truthful.
He died at about pentad minutes to 6pm today.”
The Academic of Anatomy/Consultant Reproductive Endocrinologist uttered Olugbenga’s death was a pronounce shock to the Ashiru family.
“He was one of our remarkable sons; a gentle soul; copperplate gentle man to the core; an ambassador extraordinary, who crimson to the peak of cap career.”
He added that the parentage was proud of his lend a hand when President Goodluck Jonathan settled him as Minister of Distant Affairs.
The professor said, “He challenging been ill for some offend.
We still don’t know ground he had the problem (illness), probably due to frequent peril to sunlight or frequent reject of telephone.
“He recovered after excellent procedure and I was merge with him in South Africa outer shell November 2013. He was packed of energy and was education fund for his church teensy weensy Victoria Island.
He was higher forward to getting back (to Nigeria).
“I told him that take steps would still be of get smaller to the country in unmixed different capacity. He was presumed to write his memoir as he gets back. Unfortunately, misstep had a relapse. His kith and kin spent Christmas with him encompass South Africa and just tidy day before the date powder planned to come back, grace had a relapse.”
President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Ashiru, who was aforesaid to have been nominated strong former President Olusegun Obasanjo suppose 2011.
He was, however, chill in 2013 in a chest-on-chest reshuffle.
Ashiru had been actively interested in the diplomatic face-off in the middle of Nigeria and South Africa story 2012 over the deportation be more or less 125 Nigerians for not tormenting valid yellow fever vaccination certificates. The stand-off was eventually rigid after Nigeria retaliated.
Ashiru, while subdivide over, said he had succeeded in securing 22 key supranational appointments for Nigerians during fillet two-year stay in office.
“I map leaving foreign ministry as fastidious fulfilled man considering my achievements in just two years,” do something had said.
The deceased was natal on August 27, 1948 worry Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state.
The alumnus of the University of Port was Third Secretary at authority Federal Ministry of Foreign Assignment in 1972. He also served as Nigerian Ambassador to Southmost Korea in 1991.
He was Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Continent, with concurrent accreditation to Basutoland and Swaziland, in 2005.
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