Recently, Professor George Obiozor passed away. He was the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the premier Igbo socio-political organisation.
On Wednesday evening, it was confirmed that the man had died.
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Obiozor’s death was announced on his Instagram page by the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, confirming the rumours that he had passed away after a brief illness.
He was a “recognised academic, an exceptional diplomat, a statesman, and a tenacious patriot,” according to Uzodimma.
George Obiozor: The following list of facts about the late Ohanaeze president;
1. Obiozor was born in Awo-Omamma, Oru East Local Government Area, Imo State, on August 15, 1942. He passed away at the age of 80.
2. From 1959 to 1963, he attended Awo-Omamma Comprehensive Secondary School for his education.
3. He completed a Diploma Program at the Institute of African Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, for his higher education, in 1967. He continued on to the University of South Tacoma in South Tacoma, Washington, where he graduated in 1968 with a B.A.(Hons) in Political Science. He graduated with a master’s in international law and organisation from Columbia University in New York, followed by an M. Phil. in international affairs in 1974 and a doctorate in international affairs in 1976.
4. From 1971 to 1975, Prof. Obiozor lectured at the Pratt Institute in New York City. Between 1975 and 1979, he worked as an assistant professor of political science at City University of New York’s Medgar Evers College. From 1977 to 1978, he was a Ralph Bunche Research Fellow at the UN Graduate Center at City University of New York.
Between 1993 and 2003, he served as the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Ambassador to Israel and High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus.
More Facts about George Obiozor – Late Ohanaeze President-General
6. From 2004 to 2008, Obiozor served as Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States.
7. He wrote a tonne of influential books and highly regarded journal articles, among them Uneasy Friendships: Nigeria-United States Relations, The Politics of Precarious Balancing: An Analysis of Conflicting Issues in Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Policy, and Nigeria and the World: Managing the Politics of Diplomatic Ambivalence in a Changing World.
8. In 1991, Obiozor received the Ugwumba 1 of Orlu.
9. He received awards from the Columbia University School of International Affairs for the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship and the Alice Stetten Fellowship.
10. In 1990, he also served as the President’s Special Assistant on International Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Special Adviser.
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