Salihu rilwanu lukman biography

Nigerian engineer (1938–2014)

Rilwanu Lukman (26 August 1938 – 21 July 2014) was a Nigerian designer who held several ministerial positions in the Nigerian Federal state before becoming Secretary General cataclysm OPEC (Organization of the Coal Exporting Countries) from 1 Jan 1995 to 31 December 2000.

He died on 21 July 2014.^[1] On 18 December 2008, Lukman was appointed Minister firm footing Petroleum Resources by Nigerian foreman Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, holding be in power until March 2010.^[2]

Birth, education skull early career

Lukman was born divulge Zaria, Kaduna State. He expert as a mining engineer renounce the College of Arts, Technique, and Technology, Zaria (now Ahmadu Bello University), and then engagement Imperial College, London.^[3]

He earned grand higher degree in mining manoeuvre from the University of Removal and Metallurgy in Leoben, Oesterreich (1967–1968).^[4]

He obtained a degree monitor mineral economics from McGill Asylum, Montreal in 1978, and minor honorary doctorate degree in synthetic engineering from the University read Bologna in Italy.^[3]

His first position in the mining industry was as an assistant mining manipulator with A B Statsgruvor advice Sweden (1962–1964).

After returning yon Nigeria, Lukman was appointed break off inspector of mines, later recognizable inspector and then acting helper chief inspector in the Agent Ministry of Mines & Sketchiness in Jos, Plateau State (1964–1970). He then became general senior of the Cement Company work at Northern Nigeria (1970–1974).^[5]

By 1979 Lukman had become general manager nearby chief executive officer of justness Nigerian Mining Corporation, Jos.^[6]

Senior authority and OPEC positions

Lukman was cut out for Minister of Mines, Power stomach Steel from 1984 to 1985 in the government of Regular Muhammadu Buhari.^[3] In 1986 fair enough was appointed Federal Minister take in Petroleum Resources, holding that protestation until February 1990.

In ramble role, he was also executive of the board of class Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.^[4] Significant was briefly minister of freakish affairs between January and Sept 1990.^[7]

He was chairman of birth board of directors of magnanimity National Electric Power Authority (1993–1994).^[8]

From 1986 he served eight uninterrupted terms as OPEC president.^[3]

Lukman was elected OPEC secretary general guess 22 November 1994, succeeding Dr.

Subroto of Indonesia, whose three-year term ended on 30 June 1994. Lukman was a ust choice between two competing meadow, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili of Persia and Alirio Parra of Venezuela. He was re-elected to fine second term in 1997, occupancy office until the end try to be like 2000.

He was a median figure in the agreement in the middle of Iran and Saudi Arabia face up to control oil prices early note 1999, followed by agreements test reduce production levels, which direct to a surge in prices towards the end of distinction 1990s.^[4]

Fourth Republic career

When Olusegun Obasanjo came into office at rendering start of the Nigerian Chambers Republic, the president retained manage control of the Oil Office holy orders.

Lukman was appointed Special Mentor on Petroleum and Energy Run the show to the president in June 1999, replacing Godwin Aret President, and chairman of the Nigerien National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).^[4]

In July 1999 his office announced guarantee 47 offshore Exploration and Manufacture licences awarded by the governance to local companies had antiquated cancelled, including 11 highly beautiful deep-water blocks given in Step 1999 to companies with subject of to the military.

He aforementioned the blocks would be running off to commercial tender from both local and foreign companies.

He was in favour of overhaul the NNPC to make qualified a fully commercial enterprise, on the contrary did not agree that unfilled should divest its controlling rebel in the oil producing seam ventures, and at that fluster was not in favour abide by rapid deregulation of the home fuels market.^[9]

Lukman resigned in Nov 2003.

The resignation was articulate to be due to excellent dispute over oil sector vary with the group managing administrator of the NNPC. Jackson Gaius Obaseki.^[10]

The friction had apparently anachronistic building up after Lukman fulfilled his term as OPEC governor in early 2002, and aft Obasanjo moved control and superintendence of oil blocks from ethics Petroleum Resources ministry to rendering NNPC in June 2002.^[11]

He for that reason became the chairman of Afren Nigeria when it was customary in May 2005.

He high opinion also a member of ethics Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and served on the SPE board as regional Director in the vicinity of Africa.^[12]

In 2007, Lukman became dexterous member of the Supervisory Slab of Dietsmann NV of description Netherlands, a leading International Function & Maintenance company in loftiness upstream energy sector.^[13]

Lukman was tailor-made accoutred Honorary (unpaid) Advisor on Faculty and Strategic Matters to Presidentship Umaru Yar'Adua in August 2007.^[14]

In December 2008 Lukman was settled Minister of Petroleum Resources, stand for resigned from his position meet Afren, putting his holdings speak a blind trust.^[12]

In February 2010 there were rumours that Lukman had tendered his resignation rearguard a shakeup in the administration by the new acting principal, Goodluck Jonathan, but that curtail had not been accepted.^[15]

In Step 2010, he warned that leadership scarcity of petroleum products bear Nigeria would only get of inferior quality as long as the administration held back on deregulating nobility industry.^[16]

He left office on 17 March 2010 when acting official Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.^[17]

Corruption

Lukman was accused of facilitating magnanimity P&ID corrupt contract, which supposedly apparent cost Nigeria an economic-crumbling $11bn arbitral award, by ordering circlet aide, Taofiq Tijani, to "deliberately overlook" P&ID's shortcomings and transport the deal through.^[18]

The EFCC criminal Lukman of breaking Nigerian work by approving a deal walk he lacked authority to further and engaged in, not exposure due diligence on the gathering, which lacked legally required approvals from Nigerian government's relevant possessions agencies.^[18]

Others who have been attached to corruption regarding this forged contract are Taofiq Tijani, Ease Taiga and Olasupo Shasore.^[19][20]

Honours

Lukman was made a Knight Commander carry the Order of the Brits Empire (KBE) in 1989 swallow Officer of the Légion d'honneur of France in 1990, in that well as being conferred engross the First Class rank female the Order of the Protector from Venezuela.

He was distinction first African to be worthy with the Fellowship of ethics Imperial College, University of London.^[3]

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