A former Minister of Aviation, Alabo Graham-Douglas, who served under the regime of General Ibrahim Babangida in 1989, is dead.
Newsclickng.com gathered that the former minister died at a private hospital in Abuja on Monday at the age of 82.
Graham-Douglas was appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity in 1999.
He also served in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo as Minister of Tourism.
The Rivers State indigene was born on May 8, 1939, in Abonnema in the Akuku-Toro Local Government Area.
Graham-Douglas attended secondary school in Lagos and Port-Harcourt and studied at Acton Technical School, London from 1963 to 1965, before proceeding to the University of Lagos where he studied from 1965 to 1969 and earned a BSc. in Botany and Zoology. The former aviation minister worked with the Nigerian Petroleum Refinery Company, Port Harcourt between 1969 and 1977.
Graham-Douglas was the Managing Director of Togiscani Nigeria, a construction company from 1978 to 1985.
He was also chairman of the Binterteco Nigeria, Pabod Finance and Investment, and Waterglass Boat Yard, as he held many other key positions both within and outside government organisations.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled the ex-minister’s family.
Buhari’s condolence message is contained in a statement signed late Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled ‘President Buhari mourns Alabo Tongue Graham Douglas’.
According to Adesina, “President Buhari sympathises with Government and people of Rivers State over the loss of the political stalwart, democrat and administrator, who served differently as Minister of Aviation, Minister of Labour and Productivity, and Minister of Tourism, leaving a legacy of distinguished service to the nation.
“The President notes the historic roles Alabo Graham-Douglas played in entrenching democratic rule and liberal culture, joining well-meaning Nigerians and global leaders to stand and speak for justice and fairness, while promoting grassroots development among his people.
