Chief Ojo Maduekwe (May
6, 1945 – June 29, 2016) was a Nigerian politician. He was appointed Foreign Minister of Nigeria on July
26, 2007 by President Umaru Yar'Adua. He
left office in March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck
Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.
He was National Secretary of
the ruling political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He worked as the deputy director of PDP presidential campaign 2011
Goodluck/Sambo ticket. He was nominated for SGF, but was subsequently dropped
following criticism by eastern people.
Previously, Maduekwe had been appointed Culture and Tourism
minister by President Olusegun
Obasanjo in 1999. He was appointed Minister of Transport
in 2001. In this position, he advocated greater use of bicycles, although
critics said that the roads were unsafe for cyclists and Maduekwe himself was
pushed into a ditch by a bus while he was cycling to work.
Trivia
Maduekwe and
former NDDC Chairman, Onyema Ugochukwu were fraternity brothers at the University of Nigeria
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