HIS EXCELLENCY. AMBASSADOR AHMED IBETO

Former Nigeria High Commissioner to South Africa and Former Deputy Governor Niger State, Nigeria.

Ambassador Ahmed Musa Ibeto is a seasoned administrator, lawmaker, businessman, diplomat, and politician. He graduated with a Degree of Bachelor of Arts, in History, from Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria.

He also holds an honorary Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) in Administration conferred on him by the California University (USA), in conjunction with the Institute of Journalism, Enugu, in 2003.

Ambassador Ibeto’s political career spans over 30 years, starting from the 1990s,  when he served as the Chairman, of the then Magama Local Government, under the Zero Party system. He contested and won the election into the Federal House of Representatives in 2003 under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Ambassador Ibeto served as the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Power, and later Chairman, House Committee on States and Local Governments.

Ambassador Ibeto was a two-time; former Deputy Governor of Niger State between 2007 and 2015. He was appointed as the Nigerian Ambassador, to South Africa, by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2017. He resigned in 2018 to contest in the 2019 Nigeria general elections.