Former Minister of
Petroleum, Dr. Rilwanu
Lukman is dead.
He died this morning in
Austria.
He was 76 years old.
Rilwanu Lukman is a
Nigerian engineer who
held several ministerial
positions in the Nigerian
Federal government before becoming Secretary
General of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries) from 1 January 1995 to 31
December 2000.
On 18 December 2008, Lukman was appointed
Minister of Petroleum Resources by Nigerian
president Umaru Yar’Adua, holding office until March
2010.
Lukman was born in Zaria, Kaduna State on 26
August 1938.
He trained as a mining engineer at the College of
Arts, Science, and Technology, Zaria (now Ahmadu
Bello University), and then at Imperial College,
London.
He earned a higher degree in mining engineering
from the University of Mining and Metallurgy in
Leoben, Austria (1967–1968).
He obtained a degree in Mineral Economics from
McGill University, Montreal in 1978, and an honorary
doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering from the
University of Bologna in Italy.
His first job in the mining industry was as an
Assistant Mining Engineer with A B Statsgruvor of
Sweden (1962–1964).
After returning to Nigeria, Lukman was appointed an
Inspector of Mines, later Senior Inspector and then
Acting Assistant Chief Inspector in the Federal
Ministry of Mines & Power in Jos, Plateau State
(1964–1970).
He then became General Manager of the Cement
Company of Northern Nigeria (1970–1974).
By 1979 Lukman had become General Manager and
Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Mining
Corporation, Jos.
Source::leadership.ng/news/378466/former-petroleum-minister-rilwanu-lukman-dead

Aiya...may his soul rest in peace daddy, we love you but God loves you most.

I hope he takes his stashed cash with him...

Sir don't forget to tell your kids to return our money don't rest too much until the money is returned. You can't be resting in peace while the rest of us are in in pieces.

Goodness...music to my ear

This man realy enjoyed oil money ooo

rip. but where our oil money first