A former Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Joseph Oyeyani Makoju, is dead. INDEPENDENT reports.

It was reported that Makoju, an engineer and a one-time managing director of Dangote Cement, died at the Nizamiye hospital in Abuja, on Monday morning from a heart-related disease.

Makoju died at the age of 73 years. Information Guide Nigeria

He was also the Special Adviser to the President/Chief Executive, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote from 2009 to 2018. Information Guide Nigeria

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According to INDEPENDENT, Makoju retired as the Group Managing Director/ CEO of the Dangote Cement PLC; on 31st January, 2020, a position he had held since April 2018.

Born 13th July, 1948, Makojuwas the managing director/chief executive officer of the erstwhile National Electric Power Authority (NEPA)/Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN); Nigeria’s national electricity utility. jamb results

He worked in several world-class organisations including Shell-BP; Blue Circle (UK), and WAPCO, which he headed as Managing Director/CE for about a decade before taking up an appointment as Managing Director/CE of the National Electric Power Authority.