Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has resigned from his position.
In his resignation letter, Tuggar expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the opportunity to serve and contribute to the administration’s 4D foreign policy strategy.
He also thanked the management and staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as members of the diplomatic community, for their support during his tenure.
His time in office was marked by efforts to advance people-centred diplomacy through humanitarian evacuations, scholarship facilitation, and support for Nigerians abroad.
His tenure also included initiatives to strengthen diaspora engagement, deepen bilateral and multilateral relations, and promote regional security cooperation, including the Regional Partnership for Democracy.
He further advanced economic diplomacy aimed at positioning Nigeria as a favourable destination for foreign investment, particularly in the energy sector, and facilitated diplomatic interventions that secured the release of detained Nigerians overseas.
Tuggar submitted his resignation to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation ahead of the March 31 deadline for political office holders to step down, in line with directives from the President.
The letter was received on behalf of the office by Dr Abubakar Kana, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
