Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi,  a former Minister of National Planning is dead. Gbadamosi, who was a leading industrialist, art collector and writer, died on Wednesday at the age of 72.


He was said to have suffered from multiple strokes since last year and had recently gone abroad for medical treatment.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, confirmed the death of the man who was also the co-chairman of the Lagos @50 Planning Committee.