Adamu Chroma, former Minister of finance, is dead. He was 84 years old.
He died on Thursday in Abuja at a Turkish hospital, Nizamiye according to family sources.
His remains is being transported out of the hospital at this hour, Per Second News gathered.
Ciroma is a founding member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He served as Minister of finance in the government of Obasanjo from 1999 to 2003.
He was briefly the secretary of the NPN and he later served at various times as Minister for Industries, Agriculture and Finance.
As a senior cabinet minister in the Shagari administration, he played pivotal roles in the implementation of the president’s agenda especially in the areas of food production and working with international agencies to develop an Agricultural Development Project (ADP).
In September 1983, he was made the chairman of a presidential transition committee, which further demonstrated the trust the president had in his capabilities. The committee was mandated to make proposals on how to re-structure the federal government which was going through a crisis of confidence.
