{"id":2642,"date":"2019-01-16T19:09:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2019-01-16T19:09:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:09:37","slug":"foreign-affairs-speaks-on-death-of-nigerias-ambassador-to-cote-divoire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/foreign-affairs-speaks-on-death-of-nigerias-ambassador-to-cote-divoire","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Affairs speaks on death of Nigeria\u2019s Ambassador to C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Onyeama in a statement by the Ministry Spokesperson, George Edokpa, to NAN on Wednesday in Abuja, described Isah\u2019s death as a great loss to the ministry and the nation.
\n\u201cIsah, a career Diplomat born in 1959, passed on after a protracted illness on Tuesday, Jan. 15, in Abidjan.
\n\u201cThe members of Staff of the Ministry received the sad news of his death with great shock,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He prayed that the Almighty God grant his family and the nation the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
\nHe said that Isah, who hailed from Niger State, joined the Nigerian Foreign Service in 1983.
\n\u201cDuring his career, the late Ambassador served in different capacities both at Headquarters and in our Missions.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe served at the Nigerian High Commission in Sierra Leone, Consulate-General in New York, Jeddah and Embassy in China.
\n\u201cHe was Charg\u00e9 D\u2019Affaires of the Nigerian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, until his appointment as Ambassador Extraordinary\/Plenipotentiary to Cote d\u2019Ivoire in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was happily married and blessed with children,\u201d he said.
\nAccording to him, additional information on his burial arrangements will be communicated in due course.<\/p>\n

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