13th August, 2021
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has mourned the death of former Permanent Secretary and seasoned administrator, Ahmed Joda.
Joda died on Friday at the age of 91.
Atiku said with his death, an Iroko has fallen in Nigeria.
“Today, our beautiful Adamawa State has lost a colossus. Indeed, an iroko tree has fallen in Nigeria, particularly Northern Nigeria.
“The news of the death of Alhaji Ahmed Joda, CFR comes with some kind of a jolt even though he lived to a prime age.
“He belonged to the first generation of Adamawa indigenes who put our state and the North in the map of modern Nigeria,” Atiku said in a statement.
The former vice president said Joda’s stature as an accomplished administrator was towering and colourful and that he was a shining star in the galaxy of Nigeria’s public servants.
He added that Joda, with a few of his peers, wrote the rule book of Nigeria’s civil service, saying that his footprints would remain indelible.
“As we mourn this great Nigerian with immense contribution to the growth of our country, we pray that the Almighty Allah accepts his soul and provides his family with fortitude to bear the loss of a forthright and iconic patriarch,” he said.