Long-serving Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador Mamman Daura, is dead.
A native of Daura in Katsina State, President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown, Amb Daura was aged 72.
He died on Wednesday after a protracted illness and was buried according to Islamic rites on Thursday, after funeral prayers conducted at the Emir of Daura’s palace in Katsina State.
Amb Daura was a former Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) scheme, a position he occupied for two terms before leaving in 2013.
Born in 1946, Amb. Daura was Nigeria’s Ambassador to Uganda for 11 years and had stints in Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Belgium and Cameroon.
After earning a degree from Maryland University, USA, Daura joined the Federal Civil Service and was first posted to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 1967 before he was moved to the Foreign Affairs Ministry in 1969.
He is survived by an aged mother, wife, brothers, sisters and children.