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Former Labour minister, Alagbo Douglas, is dead

A former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Alagbo Graham Douglas, is dead.

It was gathered that the former minister died in Abuja in the early hours of Monday.

The demise of Douglas was confirmed by Chief Ngo Martins Yellowe, a Kalabari High Chief in Rivers State where the late minister hailed from.

Yellowe further disclosed that the late minister had been sick for some time.

Douglas was a two-time minister and a public relations expert.

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He was the Minister of Social Development and Aviation during the Ibrahim Babangida-led administration.

Alagbo Douglas also served as Minister of Culture and Tourism, as well as that of Labour, Employment and Productivity under former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The Star

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