Former Minister For Petroleum, Rilwanu Lukman Dies At 76

Former Minister Of Petroleum, Rilwanu Lukman, died this morning in Austria at the age of 76. He is an engineer who held ministerial position in the Nigerian federal government before becoming secretary general of OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) from 1st January 1995 to 31st December
2000. On 18 December 2008, Lukman was appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources by Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua, holding office until March 2010.