An activist and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, Ebikonbowei Alaowei, has faulted the opposition to the appointment of a Niger Delta indigene, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, as the Petroleum Minister of State.
Alaowei, in a statement made available to journalists in Warri, Delta State on Saturday, decried in strong terms a statement credited to the National Chairman of Interparty Adversary Committee, Mr Yabagi Sani, in which he purportedly condemned the appointment of a Niger Deltan as the Minister of State for Petroleum.
He said, “Such a divisive statement will only help to divide us more rather than to unite us as a country. Rather than condemning President Tinubu for appointing another Niger Delta person as Petroleum Minister in the person of Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri.
“We implore Yabagi Sani to appreciate the President for this laudable objective. The President, who knew the right thing to do, only put a square peg into a square hole by appointing someone from the oil-producing areas as a junior petroleum minister.”
The activist noted that the IPAC Chairman was quick to raise dust about the appointment of Niger Delta people as junior Petroleum Ministers consecutively from Jonathan government up to this present Government.
“Rather than condemning President Tinubu for appointing another Niger Delta person as Petroleum Minister in the person of Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, we implore Yabagi Sani to appreciate the President for this laudable objective.
“The President who knew the righ thing to do only put a square peg into a square hole by appointing someone from the oil-producing areas as a junior Petroleum Minister,” he added.
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