Former Nigerian presidential adviser is dead (PHOTO)

<p><strong>Former Nigerian presidential adviser is dead &lpar;PHOTO&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Joseph Oyeyani Makoju&comma; a former adviser to ex-presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo&comma; is dead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Engineer Joseph Oyeyani Makoju who is a former managing director of Dangote Cement on Monday&comma; April 11&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14218" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;FB&lowbar;IMG&lowbar;1649742787724-300x200&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"200" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although details about his death are still sketchy&comma; Makoju was said to have died at a private hospital in Abuja&comma; Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s capital city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>What You Should Know About Makoju<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>The late Makoju was born on on July 13&comma; 1948&comma; in Okene&comma; Kogi state&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;He attended the Federal Government College&comma; Warri&comma; Delta State and later went on to study mechanical engineering at the University of Nottingham&comma; UK&comma; where he graduated with a first-class honour in 1972&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;He also bagged a master of philosophy in mechanical engineering in 1974 from the same university&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;He attended National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies NIPSS&comma; Kuru&comma; Jos&comma; from 1989 to 1990 and also holds an honorary doctor of science degree in engineering from the Federal University of Agriculture&comma; Makurdi&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;Makoju served as a special adviser on electric power to former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;He was also the honorary adviser to the president&sol;chief executive&comma; Dangote Group&comma; and was a one-time chairman&comma; Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;Makoju retired as the GMD&sol;CEO of Dangote Cement in 2020&comma; a position he had held since April 2018&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;He was the pioneer chairman of the Board of the West African Power Pool and a former managing director of the National Electric Power Authority &lpar;Power Holding Company of Nigeria&rpar;&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;He was awarded the Officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria &lpar;OFR&rpar; and Grand Commander of the Special Order of Merit &lpar;GCSO&rpar;&comma; Niger Republic&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;