Former Nigerian Minister, Martins-Kuye, Is dead

A former Nigerian Minister, who is also a Senator, Jubril Martins-Kuye is dead.

ABN TV reports that the 78-year-old Martins Kuye had served twice as a federal minister.

According to Family sources, Martins-Kuye died on Sunday morning in his hometown at Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.

The source also said Mr. Martins-Kuye will be buried shortly after 4:00 p.m. based on Islamic rites in his country home in Ago-Iwoye without elaborating on cause of his demise.

Mr. Martins-Kuye was trained as a chartered accountant, practicing for several years in Lagos and oversees before moving to politics where he brought his conservative bonafides to bear.

Mr. Kuye was first elected to the Nigerian Senate in the truncated Third Republic. When democracy returned in 1999, he ran unsuccessfully for governor as PDP candidate against Olusegun Osoba in Ogun State.

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He was subsequently appointed minister of state for finance by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, remaining in the cabinet until 2003.

Between 2010 and 2011, former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Mr. Martins-Kuye as his commerce and industry minister while completing the remaining tenure of departed President Umar Yar-Adua.

He left behind his two wives and children.

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