Ojo Maduekwe, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Minister of Transportation died on Wednesday June 29, 2016 at age 71.
Madueke would be remembered by many as the man who tried to popularise the use of bicycle as a means of transportation in the city.
This made people to refer to him as “Ojo oni keke”, which means Ojo, the bicycle man.
Here are few things you need to know about him….
1. Madueke had a brief stint as the Culture and Tourism minister under the President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999.
2. Madueke was the first Cabinet Minister to design and create an Anti-Corruption Unit as Transport Minister 2000-2003, 3 units which became the model for other Ministries and Government Agencies.
3. As transport Minister, he began and concluded the First Railway Master plan for Nigeria to span over a period of 25 years.
4. He also helped Nigeria to get on the International Maritime Organisation White List without which the entire Maritime Sector would have grounded.
5. He was a Ruling Elder at the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
6. He was a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club International
7. He was a member of the Nigeria Bar Association
8. He was an Associate Member of the American Bar Association and member of the International Bar Association
