Jubril Martins-Kuye
Jubril Martins-Kuye | |
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Federal Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
In office 6 April 2010 – 2011 | |
Preceded by | Achike Udenwa |
Personal details | |
Born | Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria | 16 August 1942
Died | 17 January 2021 Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria | (aged 78)
Jubril Martins-Kuye
Early career
Martins-Kuye was born on 16 August 1942 in
Martins-Kuye was a member of the
Obasanjo and Yar'Adua presidencies
Martins-Kuye became a member of the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) towards the end of the Sani Abacha regime.[3] He was a candidate on the
Martins-Kuye described himself as a god-father of Ogun politics, leading the conservative group of the Ogun State PDP. He claimed to have installed Gbenga Daniel as governor, but by 2010 had become an opponent of Daniel.[7]
Minister for Commerce and Industry
Martins-Kuye was nominated as minister of Commerce and Industry in March 2010 by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan. This was controversial, since he had apparently not been on the list of ministerial nominees from Ogun State submitted by Governor Gbenga Daniel.[8] Some leaders of the PDP state chapter wrote a petition protesting the nomination to the national PDP chairman, Prince
Retirement and death
Martins-Kuye ceased to be a minister in 2011. He died in Ago Iwoye on 17 January 2021.[12]
References
- ^ "Ex-Finance Minister, Jubril Martins-Kuye Dies At 79 | Channels Television". www.channelstv.com. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Ministers – the Profiles". ThisDay. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "PDP's Men of Power". ThisDay. 10 November 2001. Archived from the original on 2 December 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ ADEMOLA ONI (5 April 2010). "Ogun: Much ado about ministerial nominees". The Punch. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ Patience Saghana, Emeka Mamah & Lemmy Ughegbe (26 February 2002). "Savannah Bank Not Shut For Distress Martins-Kuye". Vanguard. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ Kunle Aderinokun (12 July 2002). "Economic Growth Remarkable, Says Martin-Kuye". ThisDay. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Profiles of ministerial nominees". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ Ademola Oni (1 April 2010). "Onabiyi, Bankole's father, others write Jonathan over Martins-Kuye". The Punch. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ Olayinka Olukoya. "Ogun lawmaker faults PDP over Martins-Kuye's nomination". Nigerian Triibune. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ Henry Umoru (8 April 2010). "Kuye Canvasses Quality Implementation of Budget". Vanguard. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ Franca Ochigbo (8 April 2010). "We must implement our budget, says Martins-Kuye". The Nation. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "JUST IN: Jubril Martins-Kuye, former minister of commerce, is dead". Premium Times (Nigeria). 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.