(Sundiata Post) — A former Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Technical Aid Corps, TAC, scheme, and President Muhammadu Buhari’s uncle, Ambassador Mamman Daura, has died.
Daily Trust reports that Daura died on Wednesday after a protracted illness and was buried on Thursday after funeral prayers at the Emir of Daura’s palace in Katsina State.
Ambassador Daura, born in Daura, Katsina State in 1946, was Nigeria’s Ambassador to Uganda for 11 years and had served in Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Belgium and Cameroon.
He served as TAC director for two terms before leaving in 2013.
Daura, a graduate of Maryland University in the United States of America (USA), started his working career with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 1967 before moving to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969.
He left behind his aged mother, wife, brothers, sisters and children.
Buhari’s Uncle, Maman Daura Is Dead
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