The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, who doubles as the
Publisher of the Nation’s Newspaper, has taken a
swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari’s perceived
lopsidedness, especially in the recent composition
of the Board of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC.
In the Nation’s editorial, dated July 12, with the title
“Kachikwu Fate,’’ Tinubu, maintained that the
deliberate removal of Ibe Kachikwu as the Group
Managing Director, GMD, of the NNPC, coupled with
the dominance of the “northern mafias’’ in the
board, might generate into ethnic crisis.
Before now, a Niger Delta advocacy group, had
argued that the removal of Kachikwu, as the GMD
of the NNPC, was a disservice to the people of the
oil rich region.
In a press statement by its President, Nelly Emma;
Secretary, John Sailor and Public Relations Officer,
Stanley Mukoro, the group said the sudden removal
of Kachikwu, was an unfair treatment, not only to
the hard-working technocrats, but to the entire
people of the neglected oil rich Niger Delta Region.
“The appointment of Baru by the President, is not in
the best interest of the nation, but to satisfy the
interest of the North,” the statement had said.
While condemning Buhari’s action, Tinubu said:
“The president appointed a new board for the
NNPC… That decision defrocks Ibe Kachikwu of that
position, which leaves him as the Minister of State
for Petroleum.
“First, Baru’s replacement of Kachikwu, implies that
Kachikwu would not only run the NNPC behemoth,
but will now only act on the behest of the President,
who doubles as Petroleum Minister’’.
Adding, he said: Some analysts have expressed the
worry that since Baru will report to the President,
Kachikwu’s position runs the risk of being sinecure.
The position of Minister of State has tended to be
sinecure, because it often exists as pork and to
satisfy appetites for ethnic, religious and political
inclusion, rather than need.
‘’What worried the Nigerian society more, was the
skewed nature of the board. Of the six names on
the board, only one is regarded as belonging to the
oil-producing area of the Niger Delta. That name is
Dr. Thomas John. The others are either from the
southwest or the north. In fact, if we add the
managing director, it is a northern affair.
‘’Since the days of Adako Boro, the region has not
muted its outcry for its residents to enjoy the oil
that comes from the bowel of their earth. Granted
that the governments of the region, whether state or
local governments, or even interventions like the
Niger Delta Development Commission, have also
sharply fallen short of local expectations, the
Federal Government ought not to compound it”.
In conclusion, Tinubu stated: “The region suffers,
for most part, from collusion between oil firms and
the political elites in Abuj,a to determine the fates
of their citizens. It is in that context that this new
raft of NNPC appointees is viewed. It is also
curious that the President could appoint Abba Kyari,
his Chief of Staff, as a member of the board.
“The nation needs to know why. Kyari’s job as the
President’s closest staff, should not only be enough
for one man, but compels him to look at all
departments of government with even judgment.”

Source: http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2016/07/news-update-tinubu-backs-niger-delta.html?m=1

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This your tory no be am. Tinubu has his own paper: The Nation to release his statements. This your Ipob affiliated propaganda 'sauce' na DOA.

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