Sen. Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, has praised Chief Emeka Anyaoku, the former secretary general of the Commonwealth, as a titan whose significant accomplishments and enlightening career in international diplomacy led to his election as an iconic change agent.
According to a statement released by his media office yesterday in Abuja, Chief Anyaoku is a historical figure who future generations of Nigerians would remember as an enigma for his excellent citizenship and diplomacy.
Ngige said, “You are a great son of Nigeria who is eminent on all counts and whose name is a foreword in the book for excellent citizenship. You are a change-maker whose example provides a veritable counterpoise to the socio-economic and political uncertainties that conspire against Nigeria today.”
The statement added that all through his career, first in the federal civil service from where he joined the Commonwealth Secretariat, rising to become the Deputy Secretary General and then, two-term Secretary General, first black man ever to achieve such, to becoming the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Republic, Chief Anyaoku distinguished himself.