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| birth_place = [[Yola, Adamawa|Yola]], [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]],<br> [[British Nigeria]] |
| birth_place = [[Yola, Adamawa|Yola]], [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]],<br> [[British Nigeria]] |
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| death_date = 2021 <ref>{{cite news |title=BREAKING: Buhari’s 2015 transition chairman Ahmed Joda dies at 91 |url=https://punchng.com/breaking-buharis-2015-transition-chairman-ahmed-joda-dies-at-91/ |access-date=13 August 2021 |agency=The Punch Newspapers |publisher=The Punch Newspapers}}</ref> |
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| death_place = Yola<ref>{{cite news |title=Super Perm Sect, Ahmed Joda, dies |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/super-perm-sect-ahmed-joda-dies/ |access-date=13 August 2021 |agency=The Vanguard |publisher=The Vanguard}}</ref> |
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| occupation = Administrator |
| occupation = Administrator |
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| known_for = [[Kaduna Mafia]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/from-kaduna-mafia-to-caliphate.html | title=From Kaduna Mafia to Caliphate | accessdate=22 October 2016 | website=dailytrust.com.ng}}</ref> |
| known_for = [[Kaduna Mafia]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/from-kaduna-mafia-to-caliphate.html | title=From Kaduna Mafia to Caliphate | accessdate=22 October 2016 | website=dailytrust.com.ng}}</ref> |
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He was also a member of the 1988 Constituent Assembly which planned the constitutional transition of the [[Third Nigerian Republic]]. In 1999, he was appointed the committee to Advise the Presidency on Poverty Alleviation and in 2015, headed the [[Muhammadu Buhari]] presidential transition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Claim that Jonathan left Nigeria with 7 trillion naira deficit does not add up|url=https://africacheck.org/reports/claim-that-jonathan-left-nigeria-with-n7-trillion-deficit-does-not-add-up/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Africa Check|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
He was also a member of the 1988 Constituent Assembly which planned the constitutional transition of the [[Third Nigerian Republic]]. In 1999, he was appointed the committee to Advise the Presidency on Poverty Alleviation and in 2015, headed the [[Muhammadu Buhari]] presidential transition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Claim that Jonathan left Nigeria with 7 trillion naira deficit does not add up|url=https://africacheck.org/reports/claim-that-jonathan-left-nigeria-with-n7-trillion-deficit-does-not-add-up/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Africa Check|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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He passed away in Yola, Nigeria on the 13th of August, 2021 after a brief illness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ahmed Joda is Dead |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/08/13/ahmed-joda-is-dead/ |website=www.thisdaylive.com |publisher=Thisday Newspapers |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref> |
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== Honours == |
== Honours == |
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Revision as of 17:23, 13 August 2021
Ahmed Joda | |
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| Born | 1930 |
| Died | 2021 [1] Yola[2] |
| Occupation | Administrator |
| Known for | Kaduna Mafia[3] |
Ahmed Joda OFR, CON, CFR is a Nigerian administrator who rose through the administrative cadre of the Northern regional government and then the federal civil service to retire as Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industries. During the administration of the youthful Yakubu Gowon, he was considered to be among a group known as super Permanent Secretaries.[4]
Life
Ahmed Joda was born in Yola to a Fulani family in 1930, his great-great grandfather was Modibbo Raji, a 19th-century Islamic scholar and contemporary of Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio. Ahmed Joda attended Yola Elementary School and Yola Middle School before proceeding to Barewa College from 1945 to 1948. He worked briefly at Moor Plantation in Ibadan, and later as an agricultural officer in Yola before entering the field of journalism at Gaskiya Corporation in Zaria. He then attended Pitmans College, London from 1954 to 1956. On his return he became a correspondent at the Nigerian Broadcasting Service from 1956 to 1960.[4]
He then joined the Northern regional government as a Chief Information Officer then later Permanent Secretary from 1962 to 1967. In 1967, following the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War, he was seconded to the Federal Civil Service as a Permanent Secretary serving in the Federal Ministries: Information, Education and Industries, where he retired in 1978.[5] He then retired into private business during the Second Nigerian Republic, where he served as chairman and board member of various companies including the: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigerian Communications Commission, Pastoral Resolve, SCOA, Nigeria, Chagoury Group, Flour Mills of Nigeria, and the Nigerian LNG.[6]
He was also a member of the 1988 Constituent Assembly which planned the constitutional transition of the Third Nigerian Republic. In 1999, he was appointed the committee to Advise the Presidency on Poverty Alleviation and in 2015, headed the Muhammadu Buhari presidential transition.[7]
He passed away in Yola, Nigeria on the 13th of August, 2021 after a brief illness.[8]
Honours
- In 1965, at the age 35, he received the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic
- In 1979, Commander of the Order of the Niger
- In 2002, Commander of the Federal Republic
References
- ^ "BREAKING: Buhari's 2015 transition chairman Ahmed Joda dies at 91". The Punch Newspapers. The Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Super Perm Sect, Ahmed Joda, dies". The Vanguard. The Vanguard. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "From Kaduna Mafia to Caliphate". dailytrust.com.ng. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ a b Admin (2017-03-10). "JODA, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- ^ "Alhaji Ahmed Joda Speech". yaraduafoundation.org. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- ^ "Ahmed Joda". Bloomberg.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Claim that Jonathan left Nigeria with 7 trillion naira deficit does not add up". Africa Check. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- ^ "Ahmed Joda is Dead". www.thisdaylive.com. Thisday Newspapers. Retrieved 13 August 2021.