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Nigeria's former Minister of National Planning, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, is dead.
The leading industrialist, art collector and writer died on Wednesday at the age of 72.
Although he was still active on the socio-cultural scene, he was said to have suffered from multiple strokes since last year and had recently gone abroad for medical treatment.
On the political front, Gbadamosi was also a former chairman, Petroleum Products Prices Regulatory Agency.
As a playwright, he authored Trees Grow in the Desert, which has been widely performed.
He was a founding member of the MUSON Centre, Lagos, while he was one of Nigeria’s biggest art collectors.
The leading industrialist, art collector and writer died on Wednesday at the age of 72.
Although he was still active on the socio-cultural scene, he was said to have suffered from multiple strokes since last year and had recently gone abroad for medical treatment.
On the political front, Gbadamosi was also a former chairman, Petroleum Products Prices Regulatory Agency.
As a playwright, he authored Trees Grow in the Desert, which has been widely performed.
He was a founding member of the MUSON Centre, Lagos, while he was one of Nigeria’s biggest art collectors.
