Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed sadness over the death of the immediate past Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru, which occurred Saturday, November 29, at the Muelmed Med-Clinic, Pretoria, South Africa.
Ashiru held sway as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2013. During this period, he deployed economic diplomacy as a way and means of lending support to the administration’s Transformation Agenda.
Under him, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs undertook the compilation and publication of the ministry’s maiden annual report, amongst other milestones.
A statement by the ministry on Monday said: “The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed, the Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Danjuma N. Sheni, and the entire officers and staff of the ministry extend their heartfelt condolence to the family and friends of Ashiru as well as pray that God Almighty grant him eternal rest.”
Ashiru was born on August 27, 1948 in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria. He began his diplomatic career in June, 1972. [myad]
