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Babangida / Yar'AduaMinister of Petroleum Resources· 1986 — 1989; 2008 — 2010

Dr. Rilwanu Lukman

OPEC Secretary-General 1995–2000. Architect of Nigeria's modern oil-policy framework.

The record

Rilwanu Lukman (1938–2014) of Zaria served three times as President of the OPEC Conference and as OPEC Secretary-General from 1995 to 2000.

Recalled by Yar'Adua in 2008 to lead the original draft of the Petroleum Industry Bill — the legislation that, in a substantially revised form, was finally passed as the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 — he was Minister of Petroleum Resources until his health forced his retirement in 2010.

Sources

  • OPEC Secretariat — Secretary-General archive
  • Petroleum Industry Bill drafts, 2008 and 2009 (Federal Ministry of Petroleum)
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.