{"id":90634,"date":"2022-01-12T16:33:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=90634"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:33:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:33:33","slug":"breaking-dr-chu-okongwu-former-finance-minister-dies-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-dr-chu-okongwu-former-finance-minister-dies-at-87\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dr. Chu Okongwu, former Finance Minister, dies at 87"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Dr. Chu SP Okongwu, former Minister of Finance is dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com reliably gathered that he died this morning in Enugu. He was aged 87.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nDr. Okongwu was Minister of Finance under the government of General Ibrahim Babangida.<\/p>\n<p>He served for eight years in Babangida\u2019s government, firstly as the Minister of Finance and National Planning; and subsequently as Minister of Cabinet Affairs and later, Minister of Petroleum.<\/p>\n<p>Chu Okongwu was born on September 23, 1934 in Nnewi, Anambra State, the first of eight children.<\/p>\n<p>He attended St. Michael\u2019s school, Aba between 1941 and 1946. From there he moved to Government College, Umuahia and he was a student there from 1947 till 1951.<\/p>\n<p>An economist, Okongwu studied Economic theory at Boston University. He completed the degree in 1961. He also attended Harvard University from 1961 to 1965.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, October 3, 2021, unknown gunmen burnt down Dr. Chu Okongwu\u2019s house in his village, Otolo Nnewi.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody has been arrested for that crime.<\/p>\n<p>A family source who spoke to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642087891018000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3sy-jkJAqjdJ-LFk1sI8Wg\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0anonymously shortly after his death said the octogenarian never recovered from that tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat house was more than a building to him. Aside being his country home, it housed his personal library, one of the best libraries in this part of the world. All the books in the library were burnt down. Every material there was lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who knew Dr. Okongwu knows that there was no Chu without his books. He actually died the day that house was senselessly burnt. He never recovered from the tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Details shortly \u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Chu SP Okongwu, former Minister of Finance is dead. Pointblanknews.com reliably gathered that he died this morning in Enugu. He was aged 87. 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