Adoga Onah

Adoga Augustine Onah (born 20 January 1940) was a former Nigerian Ambassador whose diplomatic postings included Sweden, the Philippines, and the United States.[1][2][3]

Adoga Onah
Born(1940-01-20)January 20, 1940
Okpoma, Cross River State, Nigeria
DiedMay 28, 2009(2009-05-28) (aged 69)
Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Alma materSt Peter's College, Oxford
OccupationDiplomat
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party
SpouseJustina Onah

Education and personal life

Born in Okpoma, Cross River State, Nigeria, Onah studied Politics and International Relations on scholarship at St Peter's College, Oxford before embarking on his diplomatic career. He served at postings in Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America.[1][4]

He is the father of twin filmmakers Anthony Onah and Julius Onah and Enya-Erine, one of his 3 daughters. Enya-Erine is mother to his granddaughters, Lela-Biohu, Sorcha and Ixora.

Career

Onah served as Nigerian ambassador to Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.[5][6][7]

In 1993, Onah began a five-year posting to the United States, where he represented Nigeria during the Clinton Administration.[8][9][10][11]

References
  1. "St. Peters College, University of Oxford - Notable Alumni – Politics and Diplomacy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  2. "Diplomatic List, Fall 1997".
  3. Onah, Adoga (6 July 1995). "SOUR GRAPES' IN NIGERIA?". The Washington Post.
  4. "University of Illinois at Chicago Library". Archived from the original on 2015-12-29.
  5. "Reception by Nigerian ambassador". Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  6. "Nigerian Embassy Equatorial Guinea, Chronicle of Ambassadors". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  7. Group, Taylor & Francis (29 July 2004). The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781857432558 – via Google Books.
  8. Morrison, James (25 September 1997). "Embassy Row". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016.
  9. "UPenn Africana Studies". Archived from the original on 2010-07-10.
  10. "Institute for Public Relations" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2011-03-10.
  11. "U.S. State Department Diplomatic List – Winter 1998". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08.


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