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Quintessential Diplomat: Spanish King Accepts Letter Of Credence From Ambassador Ademola Seriki

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Quintessential Diplomat: Spanish King Accepts Letter Of Credence From Ambassador Ademola Seriki

Quintessential Diplomat: Spanish King Accepts Letter Of Credence From Ambassador Ademola Seriki
October 06
06:44 2021

How he wowed the Kingdom of Spain by his diligence, commitment to task

It is usually said that the life of many a diplomat, hovers between a cliche and an indiscretion. To escape such dreary actuality, many have learned to skim the tides of the diplomatic world often harnessing storms for a profit.

Some, pride themselves as quick learners, flaunting their capacity to cut their neighbour’s throat even while exacting a cheer from the victim.

Many more, however, simply learn to keep aloof, maintaining to the very end, a magnificent disdain under the cloak of finesse.

Ademola Seriki, however, cuts a different portrait. Diligent, suave, and gracious to the bones. He is the perfect embodiment of panache and progressive diplomacy.

This undoubtedly informed his appointment in January 2021, by President Muhammadu Buhari, as Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain. The appointment of the Otun Aare of Lagos and former Minister of State for Defence was well-received among the elites and international community due to Seriki’s antecedent in public office.

Since his appointment, Seriki has been up and about, diligently handling his new brief with the practiced gait of a public functionary. Just recently, he presented his Letter of Credence to the King of Spain.

The latter received Ambassador Seriki in a stately ceremony that had dignitaries such as the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and EU Cooperation in attendance.

Seriki holds his current diplomatic post with concurrent accreditation as a Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Born November 30, 1959, in Lagos Island, he had his earlier education in Nigeria and later proceed for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the United States of America (USA) where he bagged his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Accounting from the City University of New York in the USA.

He also had a Diploma in International and Regional Security at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts. His passion for education earned him laurels back in the United States of America, where he became a licensed Accounting and Business Mathematics teacher with the New York City Board of Education.

Seriki, as a grassroots politician began his career as a clerical officer at Lagos City Council, Lagos Island in 1978. He had a brief stint in the Banking and Finance sector both in Nigeria at IBWA and the United States of America at Citicorp. As a seasoned administrator, he held sway as Honourable Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the following ministries crucial to the Nation’s economic, social security development including the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development and the Ministry of Interior

He is a sports administrator and enthusiast. He was Chairman, Lagos State Sports Council and a member of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of 18th National Sports Festival as Chairman of Venue and Facilities Sub-Committee.

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