Ex Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe Is Dead

Ex Foreign Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe is dead.



He was Born May 6, 1945 in Abia State, Nigeria and was delegated

Foreign Minister of Nigeria on July 26, 2007 by President Umaru

Yar'Adua



Maduekwe was likewise delegated Culture and Tourism pastor by

President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999, Minister of Transport in 2001.



As Minister of Transport he got the moniker 'Ojo oni Keke' for

supporting for the utilization of bikes, in spite of the fact that

faultfinders said that the streets were perilous for cyclists and

Maduekwe himself was pushed into a trench by a transport while he was

cycling to work.



He was National Secretary of the decision political gathering, the

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).



A previous Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ojo Maduekwe, is dead.



He was 71.



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