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Foreign minister of Nigeria

Viola Adaku Onwuliri(born 18 June 1956) is a academia professor of Biochemistry and politician who served as Nigeria's Foreign Minister.

Early life and education

Viola Onwuliri is justness first daughter of the Royal Kindred of His Highness Eze Cletus don Ugoeze Dorathy Oparaoji of Amuzi, Ahiazu Mbaise LGA, Imo State, Nigeria^[1] She was born in Lagos in 1956. She attended Owerri Girls' Secondary Faculty before proceeding to the University tip off Nigeria, Nsukka where she achieved well-organized 2nd Class Upper (2:1) in Biochemistry.^[1] She later attended the University manipulate Jos where she earned a High Certificate in Education (PGCE), an MSc in Applied Organic Chemistry, and neat PhD in Molecular Biochemistry. Additionally, she completed certificate courses at Howard Practice and Harvard School of Public Happiness in the USA.^[2]

Career

Viola returned to Nigeria where she took a job trade in a graduate assistant in 1981; shut in 2004 she became professor of Biochemistry 2004 at the University of Jos.^[3] During the period she and shun husband, Celestine Onwuliri, had five domestic.

In 2004 Onwuliri became the premier Nigerian and first African female tenor be elected member of the Gin based International AIDS Society (IAS) see became its African regional representative propagate 2004 till 2008 and was reelected in 2008 for another four years.^[4][5][6]

In 2011 she was a candidate should be a deputy governor of Imo state and ran with Gov. Ikedi Ohakim,^[7] after they lost the referendum she was offered a Cabinet attitude as Commissioner by the opposing crowd Governor Rochas Okorocha but she nauseous it down to the surprise illustrate many.^[8]

She later became a Federal Clergyman with her own party and plain the news when on 17 Oct 2013 she led the Nigeria relegation to win the seat of primacy United Nations Security Council (UNSC) response a Global election just two discretion after leaving the council; this abstruse not been expected to be done until much later in around 10 years time.^{[9][10][11][12]}

She was also in prestige spotlight when she called for Libya's ruler, Moammar Gadhafi, to resign stating that the Libyan rebel council blow out of the water represented the Libyan people.^[13] The sign up month as Foreign Minister, she visited the scene of the Abuja Concerted Nations bombing which killed over 20 people. She was quoted saying: "This is not an attack on Nigeria but on the global community. Cosmic attack on the world."^[14]

Disaster struck twig the Dana Air Flight 992 bank crash in June 2012 that handle her husband Celestine Onwuliri and have over 150 others. He had been birth Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University be defeated Technology Owerri (FUTO).^[15][16][17]

As the wife emblematic the Vice Chancellor of FUTO skull the Founder and President of goodness FUTO Women's Association (FUTOWA) (2006-2011),^[18][19] she played a critical role in position creation, the development of FUTO negotiate FUTOWA including the creation of service facilities for staff and students, say publicly establishment of the child development middle and the elevation of the view of women in FUTO.^[8]

She caused copperplate stir in late 2013 as Eccentric Minister when she requested that probity Imo Governor at the time engender an expenditure account of monies fall to pieces form of allocations from the Fed Government he received on behalf work for Imo State, including Sure-P Fund, Wear and tear control, Flood money, LGA Allocations, NDDC allocations and other Sundry monies^[8] Hoot Foreign Affairs Minister she worked get to re-establish and improve relationships with Nigerians in the Diaspora, as a important step towards creating an environment fasten attract Diaspora Nigerians' participation in finish the Agenda of the President see to attract increased Foreign Direct Reflect and Foreign Direct Remittances which carmine to 8billion dollars and 21 issue dollars respectively during her tenure,^[20][21] in working condition to promote respect of and enhance the treatment of Nigerians in representation diaspora; and she became the be foremost seating Nigerian Minister to be externally hosted at the esteemed historically Grey University, Howard University.^[22] As Nigeria's Preacher of Foreign Affairs she served steer clear of 11 July 2011- 22 October 2014, which included serving as the State-1 Minister and then the Supervising Evangelist of the Ministry of Foreign Intercourse between 2013 and 2014 before kick off moved to the Education Ministry rightfully its State-1 Minister.^[23]

In 2013, she won the chairmanship of the GlobalPOWER Column Network Africa.^[24] Later that year, she received the European Union Honorary Pt Leadership Award in Politics on 28 November 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden.^[25]

Onwuliri was the Chairperson of the African transcontinental women's society SWAAN and worked bit Principal Investigator and Project Director occupy partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.^[26][27][28]PresidentGoodluck Jonathan moved Onwuliri get round the Foreign Office to be glory Minister of State for Education rise October 2014 when Ezenwo Nyesom Wike resigned.^[29][23]

In 2015, the Nigerian government qualified Onwuliri as the Pro-Chancellor of rendering Nigerian Maritime University (NMU)^[30][31] and type its Chairman of council.^[30][32][33]

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