Ike Nwachukwu
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Education and training
Born on 1 September 1940 in Port Harcourt to an Igbo father and a Fulani mother of Katsina,[2] Nwachukwu had his early education at the Ladi-Lak Institute, Yaba, Lagos, and Lagos City College, also in Yaba, Lagos. He obtained his initial military training at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, course 6, then proceeded to the Royal Canadian School of Infantry, and then furthered his training at the School of Infantry, Warminster, United Kingdom. He also studied at the Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy, the United Nations Peace Academy, and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Kuru, Plateau State. Ike Nwachukwu rose to the rank of major general prior to his retirement with the Nigerian Army.
Career
Nwachukwu held the position of Military Governor of Imo State,[3] where he moved Imo State University (now Abia State University) in Uturu to its permanent site.[4] From 1986 to 1987 he was Minister for Employment, Labour and Productivity, where he founded the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to alleviate the problems of unemployment, especially graduate unemployment.
Nwachukwu was Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 1987 to December 1989, when he was replaced by Rilwanu Lukman, returning to a field military command position. In September 1990 he was re-appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, being replaced in January 1993 by Matthew Mbu during the transition to civilian rule. He was active and effective as Foreign Minister, taking a mercantilist approach to diplomacy.[5]
Senate
As an Abia State senator, Nwachukwu served as Chairman of two senate committees, the Senate Committee on Power and Steel and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
2003 Presidential elections
Nwachukwu participated in the 2003 Nigerian presidential election, for the National Democratic Party; he won 0.34% of the vote.[6]
References
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- Igbo politicians
- Governors of Imo State
- Politicians from Port Harcourt
- People from Abia State
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Foreign ministers of Nigeria
- Members of the Nigerian National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies
- Nigerian Fula people
- Candidates in the Nigerian general election, 2003
- Members of the Senate (Nigeria) from Abia State
- Commanders of the Order of the Federal Republic
- Senators of the 4th National Assembly (Nigeria)