Former Labour Minister Graham-Douglas reportedly dead

A former Minster of Labour and Productivity, in the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Chief Alabo Graham-Douglas, has reportedly died.

A close associate, who spoke to Daily Trust, said Douglas died in Abuja in the early hours of Monday.

The deceased held different ministerial portfolios at various times.

A Kalabari High Chief in Rivers, where the late minister hailed from, Chief Ngo Martins Yellowe, reportedly also confirmed the death of the former Minister in Port Harcourt, Rivers capital.

Yellowe, a veteran journalist, said the late Minster had been sick for some time.

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Graham-Douglas was the Minister of Social Development and Aviation during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and served as Minister of Culture and Tourism, as well as that of Labour, Employment and Productivity under former President Obasanjo.

In an interview he granted shortly after his 80th birthday in 2019, he said nobody in his family had reached the Octogenarian age.

“I have passed through the valley of shadow of death. I think I am luckier than most of my brothers because nobody in my family has ever reached the age of 80. I went through several challenges of life – bitter ones, sometimes very close to death, yet God saved me and put me on the path of the living. I am feeling very elated.”