Elder statesman and former minister in the 70s, Ahmad Joda, has died.
He was 91 years.
mAed Joda OFR, CON, CFR was an Nigerian administrator who rose through the administrative cadre of the Northern regional government and then the federal civil service to retire as Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industries. During the administration of the youthful Yakubu Gowon, he was considered to be among a group known as super Permanent Secretaries.