Ishaya Audu
Ishaya Audu | |
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Minister of External Affairs of Nigeria | |
In office 1 October 1979 – 1 October 1983 | |
President | Shehu Shagari |
Preceded by | Henry Adefope |
Succeeded by | Emeka Anyaoku |
Personal details | |
Born | Ishaya Sha'aibu Audu 1 March 1927 Anchau, British Nigeria |
Died | 29 August 2005 United States | (aged 78)
Political party | National Party of Nigeria |
Spouse |
Victoria Abosede Ohiorhenuan
(m. 1958) |
Children | 6 |
Residence(s) | Zaria, Kaduna State |
Alma mater | |
Occupation |
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Ishaya Sha'aibu Audu ((; 1 March 1927 – 29 August 2005) was a Nigerian doctor, professor, and politician. )[1] A Kattafawa, Christian, he served as minister of external affairs (foreign minister) from 1979 to 1983 under Shehu Shagari.[2]
Early life, education, and career
[edit]Audu was born on 1 March 1927, in Anchau, a village near Zaria, Kaduna State, to a father who had converted from Islam to Christianity.[3] Initially educated at St. Bartholomew's School in Wusasa, he moved to Yaba Higher College in Lagos[3] and then to University College, Ibadan (renamed University of Ibadan) in 1948. In 1951, he left for the University of London in England, where he stayed until 1954. In 1955, he studied at the University of Liverpool (also in England). It was in 1958 that he married his wife, Victoria, with whom he would father six children.[4]
Audu lectured in Internal Medicine at the University of Lagos in 1962 and was promoted to the position of Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University in 1966.[4] He had been the personal physician of Ahmadu Bello whom the university is named after.[3] He also travelled to the United States where he was employed as an associate research professor at the University of Rochester, New York, and wrapped up his education at the Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, from 1964 until 1968.[4] Ishaya Audu was the vice presidential candidate of the Nigerian People's Party which had Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe as its presidential candidate in the 1979 and 1983 presidential Elections.
Political career
[edit]Audu was a member of the Nigeria Peoples Party when President Shehu Shagari gave Audu the position of Minister of External Affairs in 1979.[4] He also served as Nigeria's Ambassador to the United Nations. After the 1983 overthrow of Shagari's government by General Muhammadu Buhari (and the replacement of the Second Republic with military dictatorship), Audu was detained for a year.[5]
Family
[edit]He was happily married to Victoria Abosede Ohiorhenuan from Ozalla, Owan West Edo State and they are blessed with six children.[6]
Later life
[edit]After his release Audu took up private practice at his own hospital in Samaru; he also founded his own church.[3] He died on 29 August 2005, while in the United States with his son, Paul Audu.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Taiwo, Gidado (16 November 2012). "Daily Trust". Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Chila Andrew Aondofa (30 September 2019). "ISHAYA AUDU: The legacy of Selfless Service". The Abusites. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d Ozigi, Albert. "Tribute to prof. Ishaya Audu". Daily Trust Online. Media Trust Nigeria, Limited. Archived from the original on 4 November 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Onyekwere, Joseph (5 September 2005). "A Medical Icon Goes Home". Newswatch Communications. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
- ^ Aluwong, Jeremiah (10 November 2019). "Nigerians in History: Ishaya Shuaibu Audu • Connect Nigeria". Connect Nigeria. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Admin (16 November 2016). "AUDU, Reverend (Prof) Ishaya Sha'aibu". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- Foreign ministers of Nigeria
- Nigerian Christians
- People from Kaduna State
- 1927 births
- 2005 deaths
- Alumni of the University of London
- Permanent Representatives of Nigeria to the United Nations
- National Party of Nigeria politicians
- Academic staff of the University of Lagos
- Academic staff of Ahmadu Bello University
- University of Ibadan alumni
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- Nigerian expatriate academics in the United States
- University of Rochester faculty
- 20th-century Nigerian medical doctors