ADAMU CIROMA IS DEAD

One of the founding members of PDP, Alhaji ADAMU CIROMA is dead.
The former central Bank governor and a minister passed on Thursday 5th, 2018.
The former Minister of Finance reportedly died at a hospital in Abuja on Thursday after a protracted illness.

Born on November 20, 1934, Ciroma played numerous roles in government and politics during his lifetime.
He received his secondary education at Barewa College in Zaria, Kaduna State; and went to the University of Ibadan before going on to become the pioneer editor of New Nigerian Newspaper in Kaduna.
From 24 September 1975 – 28 June 1977, he was governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Two years later, he made an unsuccessful bid to become the presidential candidate of the National Party of Nigeria.
He later served as minister of finance under Olusegun Obasanjo's government in his first term in office as a civilian President.