About Our High Commissioner
H.E. MR. KABIRU BALA IS A CAREER DIPLOMAT AND HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES BOTH IN NIGERIA AND ABROAD. HE HAS SERVED IN OUR MISSONS IN THE GAMBIA, REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM OF THAILAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. HE ASSUMED DUTIES AS THE 7 TH HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA TO THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, WITH CONCURRENT ACCREDITATION TO THE KINGDOMS OF ESWATINI AND LESOTHO, ON 29 TH DECEMNBER 2019. UNTIL HIS CURRENT APPOINTMENT, H.E. MR. BALA WAS THE DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER OF NIGERIA TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. HE IS MARRIED WITH CHILDREN.