Ahmed Joda, a journalist who became a civil servant and was one of the so-called super federal permanent secretaries under the military...
Mr Joda, a journalist who became a civil servant and was one of the so-called super federal permanent secretaries under the military government of Yakubu Gowon, died Friday afternoon at 91.that Mr Joda died at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Adamawa State capital.
From Adamawa State, he attended Yola Elementary School and Yola Middle School before proceeding to Barewa College, Zaria from 1945 to 1948. He worked briefly at Moor Plantation in Ibadan, and later as an agricultural officer in Yola before entering the field of journalism at Gaskiya Corporation in Zaria.
He then attended Pitmans College, London from 1954 to 1956. On his return, he became a correspondent at the Nigerian Broadcasting Service from 1956 to 1960. He then joined the Northern regional government as a Chief Information Officer and then later Permanent Secretary from 1962 to 1967.
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