25 Facts About Tom Ikimi

Chief Tom Ikimi was born on 10 April 1944 and is a Nigerian politician and architect who served as minister of foreign affairs from 1995 to 1998.

Tom Ikimi was appointed chairman of ECOWAS Council of Ministers and ECOWAS Committee of Nine on Liberia on 26 July 1996.

Tom Ikimi has served as chairman of the defunct National Republican Convention and was a founding member of the All Progressives Congress.

Tom Ikimi attended St Joseph's College, Sasse, Buea, Southern Cameroons, from 1957 to 1961.

Tom Ikimi was a pioneer student of the Midwestern Polytechnic, Auchi, Midwestern Nigeria, for his technical education from January 1966 to December 1967, where he obtained an Ordinary National Diploma.

Tom Ikimi was a pioneer member of the Students Union, a keen sportsman and established the College Athletics Club.

Tom Ikimi was a member of the student union and National Union of Nigerian Students.

Tom Ikimi moved the motion in late 1970 at the NUNS convention in Zaria to readmit the Eastern Unions back into the NUNS at the end of the civil war.

Tom Ikimi was a pioneer member of the National Youth Service Corps programme, serving in Ibadan, western Nigeria, from 1973 to 1974.

Tom Ikimi established his own firm, Tom Ikimi Design Company in May 1977 and executed a number of private and commercial projects within and outside Nigeria, from 1977 to 1993.

Tom Ikimi later won the international competition for the new OAU office and conference centre project in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

Tom Ikimi is a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects and has business interests in construction, trade and farming.

Additionally, Tom Ikimi headed the delegation to the ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement in Bandung, Indonesia, from 25 to 27 April 1995.

Tom Ikimi represented the head of state, commander-in-chief, at the 40th anniversary meeting of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries in Bandung, Indonesia, on 28 April 1995.

Furthermore, Tom Ikimi led the delegation to the ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cartagena, Colombia, from 18 to 20 May 1998, delivering Nigeria's statement on 19 May 1998.

Tom Ikimi led the delegation to the 50th Commemorative Session of the United Nations General Assembly from September to December 1995, delivering Nigeria's statement to the Assembly on 3 October 1995.

Tom Ikimi represented the head of state, commander-in-chief, at the summit meeting of the non-aligned member countries of the United Nations Security Council in New York City on 4 October 1995.

Tom Ikimi represented the head of state at the 11th Summit of the Non-Aligned countries in Cartagena, Colombia, from 18 to 20 October 1998, delivering Nigeria's statement on 18 October 1998.

Tom Ikimi led the delegation to the 52nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly from September to December 1997, delivering Nigeria's statement on 23 September 1997.

Tom Ikimi led the ECOWAS team and was the first to enter Sierra Leone to assess the situation on the ground after the liberation of Freetown from the rebels by ECOMOG forces on 18 to 19 February 1998 to permit the return of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah from exile in Conakry.

Tom Ikimi led Nigeria's delegation to the 31st OAU Assembly of Heads of State and Government at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 26 to 28 June 1995; in Cameroon, from 9 to 10 July 1996; at the 32nd OAU Assembly in Zimbabwe, from 1 to 3 June 1997; and in Burkina Faso, on 8 June 1998.

Tom Ikimi was honoured by Pope John Paul II in 1993 with the Knight of St Gregory The Great.

Tom Ikimi was honoured with the title, Akinrogun of Ife by the Ooni of Ife, in 1991.

Tom Ikimi Inherited the family title of the Inneh of Igueben, in his homeland of Igueben, Esanland, Edo State, in 1988.

Tom Ikimi is married, with three sons and a daughter.