......where he purportedly condemned the appointment of a Niger Deltan to this ministerial position.
By Pereama Loko
An activist and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, Ebikonbowei Alaowei, has expressed criticism regarding the opposition to Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, a Niger Delta native, being appointed as the Minister of State for Petroleum.
In a statement released in Warri, Delta State on Saturday, Alaowei strongly denounced a statement attributed to Mr. Yabagi Sani, the National Chairman of the Interparty Adversary Committee, where he purportedly condemned the appointment of a Niger Deltan to this ministerial position.
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 pointed out that the Chairman of IPAC was swift to raise concerns about the consecutive appointment of Niger Delta residents as junior Petroleum Ministers, starting from the Jonathan government and continuing up to the current administration.
“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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