Former Minister of State for Finance and Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, is dead.
He died on Sunday morning in his hometown, Ago-Iwoye, in Ogun State.
He was 78 years old. Born on August 1942 in Ago Iwoye, Ijebu constituency of Ogun State studied sociology at the University of Ibadan (1965-1968) and then Economics at the Harvard University Business School, graduating in 1983. He gained qualifications as a Chartered Accountant.
He was a senator in the Nigerian Third Republic. In 1999, he was appointed Minister of State for Finance during the first term of President Olusegun Obasanjo, serving until June 2003. In April 2010, he was appointed the Minister of Commerce and Industry by former President Goodluck Jonathan.