Jubril Martins-Kuye

Jubril Martins-Kuye
Federal Minister of Commerce and Industry
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 April 2010
Preceded by Achike Udenwa
Personal details
Born 16 August 1942
Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria

Jubril Martins-Kuye (born 16 August 1942) was appointed Nigerian minister of Commerce and Industry on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.[1]

Early career

Martins-Kuye was born on 16 August 1942 in Ago Iwoye, Ijebu constituency of Ogun State,he has a brother (Muraino Ademola Kuye). He studied sociology at the University of Ibadan (1965-1968) and then Economics at the Harvard University Business School, graduating in 1983. He gained qualifications as a Chartered Accountant.[1]

Martins-Kuye was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).[2] He was a senator in the Nigerian Third Republic.[1]

Obasanjo and Yar'Adua presidencies

Martins-Kuye became a member of the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) towards the end of the Sani Abacha regime.[2] He was a candidate on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform for governor of Ogun State in 1999, but did not win.[2] He was appointed Minister of State for Finance in June 1999 during the first term of President Olusegun Obasanjo, serving until June 2003.[3] During his tenure, the Savannah Bank was closed down in February 2002, a controversial move that he claimed was due to non-compliance with regulations rather than financial distress.[4] In July 2002, as Minister of Finance, he announced that Nigeria's GDP had grown by 4% annually by the World Bank's estimate, the highest rate for ten years.[5]

He describes himself as god-father of Ogun politics, leading the conservative group of the Ogun State PDP. He claimed to have installed Gbenga Daniel as governor, but by 2010 had become an opponent of Daniel.[6]

Minister for Commerce and Industry

His ministerial nomination in March 2010 by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was controversial, since he had apparently not been on the list of ministerial nominees in Ogun State submitted by Governor Gbenga Daniel.[7] Some leaders of the PDP state chapter wrote a petition protesting the nomination to the national PDP chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor.[8] On assuming office on 6 April 2010 as Minister of Commerce and Industry he called for a 100% improvement in the quality of implementation of the nation's budget.[9] He called for expenditure on programmes and projects that would impact directly on the living standard of the people.[10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ministers - the Profiles". ThisDay. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "PDP's Men of Power". ThisDay. 2001-11-10. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  3. ↑ ADEMOLA ONI (5 Apr 2010). "Ogun: Much ado about ministerial nominees". The Punch. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  4. ↑ Patience Saghana, Emeka Mamah & Lemmy Ughegbe (26 February 2002). "Savannah Bank Not Shut For Distress Martins-Kuye". Vanguard. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  5. ↑ Kunle Aderinokun (12 July 2002). "Economic Growth Remarkable, Says Martin-Kuye". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  6. ↑ "Profiles of ministerial nominees". People's Daily. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  7. ↑ Ademola Oni (1 Apr 2010). "Onabiyi, Bankole’s father, others write Jonathan over Martins-Kuye". The Punch. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  8. ↑ Olayinka Olukoya. "Ogun lawmaker faults PDP over Martins-Kuye’s nomination". Nigerian Triibune. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  9. ↑ Henry Umoru (8 April 2010). "Kuye Canvasses Quality Implementation of Budget". Vanguard. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  10. ↑ Franca Ochigbo (8 April 2010). "We must implement our budget, says Martins-Kuye". The Nation. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2010-04-14.