Diezani Alison-Madueke

===In government===
Alison-Madueke has held three significant positions in the [[Nigerian]] federal government. She was appointed Transportation Minister in July 2007. On 23 December 2008, she became the Minister of Mines and Steel Development.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/24/432.html
 |date=24 December 2008
 |title=Alison-Madueke resumes at Mines and Steel ministry
 |publisher=The Punch moreso

 |access-date=2009-12-15}}{{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> When Vice-President; [[Goodluck Jonathan]] became acting President in February 2010, he dissolved the cabinet on 17 March 2010, and swore in a new cabinet on 6 April 2010 with Alison-Madueke as Minister for Petroleum Resources.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.ihs.com/country-industry-forecasting.html?id=106594388&pu=1&rd=globalinsight_com
 |title       = New Cabinet Unveiled as Nigeria's Acting President Shores Up Position
 |date        = 7 April 2010
 |work        = IHS Global Insight
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 |archive-date = 22 June 2022
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}}</ref> Diezani left office on June 1, 2015, as part of the presidential transition to Jonathan's successor. She then went to work for the Commonwealth of Dominica as a Trade and Investment Commissioner.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-07|title=Revealed: Diezani now Dominican citizen|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/revealed-diezani-now-dominican-citizen/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Egbas|first=Jude|date=2020-06-07|title=How Diezani escaped Nigeria and became Commissioner in Dominica|url=https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/how-diezani-escaped-nigeria-and-became-commissioner-in-dominica/bbm3rzv|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Pulse Nigeria|language=en}}</ref>

====Minister of Petroleum Resources====
As Minister of Petroleum Resources, Alison-Madueke pledged to transform [[Petroleum industry in Nigeria|Nigeria's oil and gas industry]] so that all Nigerians benefit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhrNg7ySko
  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/nhhrNg7ySko |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Oil and Gas Working for All Nigeria Part 1
 |author=Diezani Alison-Madueke
 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2012-01-12}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In April 2010, President [[Goodluck Jonathan]] signed the Nigerian Content Act, which aimed to increase the percentage of petroleum industry contracts awarded to indigenous Nigerian businesses – a reaction to the domination of the sector by foreign operators.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201005040301.html
 |title=Content Law - of Content And Contempt
 |work=[[Media Trust|Daily Trust]]
 |author=Hamisu Muhammad |date=4 May 2010 |access-date=2012-01-12}}</ref>

One of the most controversial policies introduced under Alison-Madueke was the government's plan to remove state subsidies on fuel prices. Alison-Madueke supported the discontinuation of the subsidy "because it poses a huge financial burden on the government, disproportionately benefits the wealthy, [and] encourages inefficiency, corruption and diversion of scarce public resources away from investment in critical infrastructure."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/energy/33991-fg-outlines-benefits-of-fuel-subsidy-removal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302023913/http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/energy/33991-fg-outlines-benefits-of-fuel-subsidy-removal |title=FG outlines benefits of fuel subsidy removal
 |newspaper=[[Nigerian Tribune]]
 |author=Tunde Dodondawa |date=9 January 2012 |archive-date=2 March 2012 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>