Two public commentators have asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to surrender his officer as substantive minister of petroleum to a competent Nigerian.
Baba Yusuf and Femi Odeere argued that retaining the office of petroleum minister for himself since he composed his cabinet in August 2023 has not boosted the country’s daily oil production in any way.
They maintained that top oil-producing countries like the United States, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and others don’t have their presidents as petroleum ministers.
Yusuf and Odeere spoke on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television on Friday, October 25.
Yusuf, who is also a former Managing Director of NAHCO Free Trade Zone, said:
He urged the president to reduce the size of his cabinet, saying that having two ministers manage a ministry hasn’t amounted to productivity and performance over the years.
On his part, Odeere, also an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, agreed with Yusuf that Tinubu should break the culture of Nigerian presidents who appointed themselves as petroleum ministers.
They made this assertion on Friday, days after President Tinubu reshuffled his cabinet, sacked five five ministers, reassignment 10 others and made seven fresh appointments.
Watch their interview below:
Read more about Tinubu’s cabinet reshuffle here:
In another development, TimesNow.com.ng reported that former All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Comrade Timi Frank, has reacted to the scrapping of the Ministry of Niger Delta.
Frank said the decision to scrap the ministry by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is “hasty and biased.”
He argued that the Niger Delta region’s resources are being continuously exploited to service other regions.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
