By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF) has announced the demise of its Chairman, Board of Trustees, Ambassador Shehu Malami, OFR, CON, Sarkin Sudan Wurno.
A statement signed by the Secretary General, ACF, Murtala Aliyu made available on Tuesday December 20, said that he died on Monday December 19, 2022 in Cairo, Egypt.
“Ambassador Shehu Malami was born in Sokoto in 1937 as a Prince of the Sultanate dynasty. He had his early education in Sokoto, Bida and Katsina.
“He also attended various Colleges in the United Kingdom. He had a degree in law from the Middle Temple. Amb Shehu Malami worked as private Secretary and then as Special Assistant to Sultan Saddiq Abubakar III. He had earlier worked for the BBC as a broadcaster,” the statement said.
It informed that at various times, he was Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa; Chairman, Assessment Committee of the Nigeria National Merit Award, director, the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank, Chairman, Union Bank of Nigeria, Chairman, PZ Industries, among many many other top leadership positions during his long public service career that spanned several decades.
“The nation will undoubtedly miss Ambassador Shehu Malami’s extraordinary leadership skills, his generosity, his sense of justice and fairplay.
“We send our deepest condolences to his family and the nation. It is our prayer that Allah, SWA, forgives his mistakes and grant mercy on his soul,” it concluded.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that a condolence register is opened at the ACF Secretariat, 11A Sokoto Road Kaduna.
