A former Minister for National Planning and Industrialist Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi is dead.
Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi died Wednesday afternoon at the age of 72.
His death was announced by the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde on Wednesday night on his twitter handle @stevoree.
Ayorinde said, “Lagos State Government mourns the passing of a leading industrialist, art patron, former minister and Co-Chairman of Lagos@50, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, 72.
“Chief Gbadamosi will be remembered for being a true Lagosian, a nationalist and art aficionado. His remains will be interred at 2pm tomorrow.”
Gbadamosi was a former Minister for National Planning and a former chairman of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).
Before his death, he was the Co-Chairman of Lagos@50.