The death has been announced of Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye.
Jubril Martins-Kuye, a former Nigerian senator who also served twice as a federal minister.
Peoples Gazette reports that Mr. Martins-Kuye passed on Sunday morning in his hometown of Ago-Iwoye at age 78.
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. 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 tapped Mr. Martins-Kuye as his commerce and industry minister while completing the remaining tenure of departed President Umar Yar-Adua.
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