THE Minister of Science and Technology under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Ogbonnaya Onu, is dead.
A close member of his family confirmed his death to The ICIR on Thursday, April 11.
“Yes, it’s true, he has died. He died some hours ago. The family will issue a statement soon on his demise,” the relation said.
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In the 2023 general election, the late 72-year-old contested for the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) but was defeated by the incumbent President Bola Tinubu.
In addition to serving as Nigeria’s Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation from November 2015 until he quit the government to vie for the presidency in 2022, he was the first civilian governor of Abia State.
Onu was the longest-serving minister of the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation.
President Buhari ordered all his appointees seeking elective positions in the 2023 general elections to resign on May 11, 2022.
Ministers who resigned as a result of the directive included Onu.
During the APC primaries for the 2023 presidency, Onu advocated that the presidency be zoned to the Southeast.
Details about his biography are available here.
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