Another national figure leaves, as Martin Kuye dies

 

FORMER minister of Commerce and Industry, Alhaji Jubril Martins-Kuye is dead. He died, yesterday, at the age of 78, after a brief illness.

One of the sons of the late ex-minister said his father died yesterday morning.

The late Martins-Kuye was born on August 1942 in Ago Iwoye, Ijebu North local government area of Ogun State.

He was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry on April 6, 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, announced his cabinet.

He studied sociology at the University of Ibadan (1965-1968) and then Economics at the Harvard University Business School, graduated in 1983.

He was appointed Minister of State for Finance in June 1999 during the first term of President Olusegun Obasanjo, serving until June 2003.