NIGERIAN FORMER MINISTER, JOHN ODEY IS DEAD

He graduated with a B.Sc. in Banking and Finance from the University of Calabar in 1986. He has been active within the media, with positions such as general manager for South-South Communication and chairman of News Agency of Nigeria. He was appointed National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2004.

He served as Minister of Information and Communications and then as Minister for the Environment in the Cabinet of Umaru Yar’Adua. In March 2010, he handed over to the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Environment after Vice President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.