Chu Okongwu, an economist and a former minister of finance, is dead.
He served for eight years under the administration of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), former military head of state, firstly as the minister of finance from 1985 to 1986 and national planning from 1986 to 1990; and subsequently as the minister of cabinet affairs, and later, as the minister of petroleum.
He was once a journalist and had served at Daily Times newspaper as a sub-editor.