Amid cheers and pleasantries, the Management team and staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warmly welcomed the newly appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Amb. Adamu Ibrahim Lamuwa,who assumed office yesterday, Tuesday, 30th May, 2023.
In a statement released by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omaluyi, stated that the new Permanent Secretary is a Career Foreign Service Officer, who joined the Nigerian Foreign Service in 1993. Before his appointment, he was Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal (May 2021 – May, 2023) with concurrent accreditation to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
She mentioned that in the course of his career, Amb. Lamuwa served in a number of Nigerian Missions abroad, including the Consulate General of Nigeria, Hong Kong (October 1998 – September 2000); Nigerian High Commission, Ottawa, Canada (February 2003 – March 2007); Consulate General of Nigeria, jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( October 2010 – July 2014); and as Charge d’Affaires en titre at the Embassy of Nigeria, Damascus, Syria (June 2016 – May 2021), from there he was appointed Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal.
Francisca added that the new Permanent Secretary has also served in various offices in the Ministry, including Trade and Investment Division; Planning, Research and Statistics Department; as well as the Second United Nations Division.
Furthermore, Ambassador Lamuwa served in various capacities at the State House. He was a Special Assistant to the Principal Secretary to the immediate past President from October 2016 – May 2021. He held the position of Deputy Director, State House Protocol from August 2014 -May 2016.
She concluded that Ambassador Lamuwa is a graduate of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, where he obtained B.Sc (Hons) Degree in Economics (1991); He has a Master’s Degree in Economic Policy and Management from the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Dakar, Senegal in 2009.