Nigeria’s Former Minister Of Finance, Okongwu, Dies At 87

Michael Chukwuebuka, Reporting

Former Minister of Finance, Chu SP Okongwu, has died at the age of 87.

He was a Nigerian economist and politician and was the Minister of National Planning (1985–1986), and then Minister of Finance (1986–1990) during the Ibrahim Babangida era.

Okongwu was born on September 23, 1934, in Nnewi, Anambra State.

He was the first of eight children in the family.

No official statement has emerged from any quarters as regards how he died .

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