An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Bayelsa State, Izzi Yakiah, has tasked the minister of state for Petroleum Assets Oil, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, to draw extra federal authorities initiatives to Bayelsa State.
The APC chieftain acknowledged this whereas reacting to Lokpobiri’s feedback final Wednesday, at stakeholders assembly in Twon Brass neighborhood city corridor, in Bayelsa State the place, in response to Yakiah, the minister tried to malign his predecessor and former governor, Timipre Sylva.
He mentioned as a substitute of attacking Sylva, the minister should have used the stakeholders assembly to clarify the controversies surrounding the operations of the Port Harcourt Refinery and two different main refineries, including that Nigerians would wish to know what present steps are being taken to scale back the gas value.
He famous that whereas different ministers are initiating strong reforms and lobbying the president for key federal appointments for his or her individuals to strengthen APC in several states, Lokpobiri “has chosen to disregard such progressive ventures and deal with Timipre Sylva who did his greatest to enhance the oil and gasoline sector in Nigeria.”
Yakiah appealed to the minister to provoke steps that can guarantee speedy completion of the initiatives attracted by the previous governor consistent with President Bola Tinubu Renewed Hope Agenda.
Yakiah mentioned Lokpobiri ought to see his new second shot as a minister to enhance on his sketchy achievements when he was minister of state for Agriculture between 2015 – 2018 below former President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
He recounted that Sylva accomplished a 17 storey constructing headquarters of the Nigerian Content material Improvement in Yenagoa, labored for the passage of the Petroleum Trade Act in 2021 and executed different company social accountability initiatives in Brass Island.
The APC chieftain nevertheless thanked President Tinubu for lately signing the Fuel Sale and Buy Settlement (GSPA) for the $3.5 billion Brass fertiliser and petrochemical undertaking in Bayelsa State on the occasion of Shell Petroleum Improvement Firm and its companions.
