Ambassador Joe Tonye Fubara Iyalla has passed on. Iyalla died on January 30, 2019 in a hospital in Lagos. He was aged 90. The deceased had a distinguished career in Nigeria’s public service, particularly the diplomatic service. Iyalla was the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America from May 1968 to May1972, and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs from 1972 to August 1975.
Before then, he had served as the Secretary of the Federal Public Service Commission; Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, and Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria in New York.
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