Tag: Ahmed Joda
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For technology, the men who saw tomorrow and their dream – By Okoh Aihe
For technology, the men who saw tomorrow and their dream – By Okoh Aihe
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Ahmed Joda: Buhari arrives Yola on condolence visit
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived at the Yola International Airport, Adamawa to pay a condolence visit to the family of the late Ahmed Joda. The late Joda was the Chairman of the Buhari Transition Committee in 2015. Buhari is also expected to first visit the palace of the Lamido of Adamawa, Mohammadu Aliu Barkin. On…
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Ahmed Joda: They don’t come in such packs anymore, By Okoh Aihe
Okoh Aihe When Ahmed Joda was a super Permanent Secretary in the Gen. Yakubu Gown administration, I was still in the primary school in the years that Nigeria lost its innocence to the Civil War. Years later, when I had the rare opportunity to work at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), after graduating from the…
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How late Ahmed Joda prevented Nigeria from breaking up in 1966 – Obasanjo
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has described as “heartbreaking”, the death of elder statesman Ahmed Joda, who died on Friday at the age of 91. In a statement on Friday signed by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said the late Joda was his friend for about 60 years. The ex-President explained that the late former…
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Buhari, Fintiri, Obasanjo, Atiku mourn late elder statesman Ahmed Joda
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined growing list of influential Nigerians to pay tributes to pioneer civil servant and elder statesman Alhaji Ahmed Joda, who died after a prolonged illness in his hometown, Yola, Adamawa State at the age of 91. The Governor Ahmadu Fintiri led Adamawa State Government, former president Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice…
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BREAKING: Buhari’s 2015 transition chairman, Ahmed Joda is dead
Elder statesman who led the 2015 Transition Committee of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Ahmed Joda, is dead. Report of Joda’s death was related to TheNewsGuru (TNG) by some friends and family members on Friday. Joda was a retired Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industries, and rose to become one of the super Permanent Secretaries under…