Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ABUJA740
2009-04-28 16:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abuja
Cable title:
NIGERIA: PRESS REPORTS OF NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 000740
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/W, INR/AA
BAGHDAD FOR DMCCULLOUGH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: PRESS REPORTS OF NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED STATES' NAME GOING TO THE SENATE
REF: SANDERS-SILSKI 4/14/2009 E-MAIL
Classified By: Political Counselor Walter Pflaumer for reasons 1.4. (b
& d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 000740
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/W, INR/AA
BAGHDAD FOR DMCCULLOUGH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: PRESS REPORTS OF NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED STATES' NAME GOING TO THE SENATE
REF: SANDERS-SILSKI 4/14/2009 E-MAIL
Classified By: Political Counselor Walter Pflaumer for reasons 1.4. (b
& d).
1. (C) On April 12, Foreign Minister Maduekwe mentioned to
Ambassador that the GON had settled on a candidate to be its
Ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Tunde Adeniran, a Professor at
the University of Ibadan who was formerly the Minister of
Education and Ambassador to Germany in the Obasanjo
government (see bio info, below). Maduekwe said the GON
would be sending in the request for agrement shortly. (Note:
We have, however, not yet received the agrement request. End
note)
2. (SBU) Nigerian newspapers This Day and The Times of
Nigeria reported on April 25 that President Yar'Adua sent
Adeniran's name to the Senate for confirmation on April 24.
We will continue to monitor where Adeniran's process is in
the GON bureaucracy.
3. (SBU) Biographical Information: Tunde Adeniran was born
in Ekiti State in 1945. He is a member of the ruling
Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and was the party's
unsuccessful candidate for Ekiti State Governor in 1999. He
made further unsuccessful attempts to gain the PDP nomination
for Governor in 2003 and 2007. From 1999 to 2003, he served
as Minister of Education under President Olusegun Obasanjo
and as Nigerian Ambassador to Germany from 2004 to 2007.
Adeniran is a political scientist, educated at the University
of Ibadan and Columbia University in the United States. He
worked for the United Nations in the mid-1970s and reportedly
taught at St. John's. He taught International Relations at
the University of Ibadan, serving as Sub-Dean in the Faculty
of Social Sciences from 1980 to 1981 and Chair of the
Political Science Department from 1994 to 1996. He
reportedly enjoys soccer, tennis and creative writing.
4. (U) This message has been cleared by Consulate Lagos.
SANDERS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/W, INR/AA
BAGHDAD FOR DMCCULLOUGH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: PRESS REPORTS OF NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED STATES' NAME GOING TO THE SENATE
REF: SANDERS-SILSKI 4/14/2009 E-MAIL
Classified By: Political Counselor Walter Pflaumer for reasons 1.4. (b
& d).
1. (C) On April 12, Foreign Minister Maduekwe mentioned to
Ambassador that the GON had settled on a candidate to be its
Ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Tunde Adeniran, a Professor at
the University of Ibadan who was formerly the Minister of
Education and Ambassador to Germany in the Obasanjo
government (see bio info, below). Maduekwe said the GON
would be sending in the request for agrement shortly. (Note:
We have, however, not yet received the agrement request. End
note)
2. (SBU) Nigerian newspapers This Day and The Times of
Nigeria reported on April 25 that President Yar'Adua sent
Adeniran's name to the Senate for confirmation on April 24.
We will continue to monitor where Adeniran's process is in
the GON bureaucracy.
3. (SBU) Biographical Information: Tunde Adeniran was born
in Ekiti State in 1945. He is a member of the ruling
Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and was the party's
unsuccessful candidate for Ekiti State Governor in 1999. He
made further unsuccessful attempts to gain the PDP nomination
for Governor in 2003 and 2007. From 1999 to 2003, he served
as Minister of Education under President Olusegun Obasanjo
and as Nigerian Ambassador to Germany from 2004 to 2007.
Adeniran is a political scientist, educated at the University
of Ibadan and Columbia University in the United States. He
worked for the United Nations in the mid-1970s and reportedly
taught at St. John's. He taught International Relations at
the University of Ibadan, serving as Sub-Dean in the Faculty
of Social Sciences from 1980 to 1981 and Chair of the
Political Science Department from 1994 to 1996. He
reportedly enjoys soccer, tennis and creative writing.
4. (U) This message has been cleared by Consulate Lagos.
SANDERS