
Nigeria Mourns As Ex-Petroleum Minister Dies at 83
Tam David-West, a former minister of petroleum and energy, has died at the age of 83. In a statement on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari mourned the late statesman whom he described as his ally and friend. The circumstances that led to David-West’s demise is yet to be confirmed. He served as minister of petroleum and energy under Buhari’s military regime as well as minister of mines, power, and steel under former military president Ibrahim Babangida. He was also a commissioner of education in the old Rivers state, and was described by the president as “a consultant virologist of national and international standing”. A statement by Garba Shehu, Buhari’s spokesman,
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