The national chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, has opined President Bola Tinubu’s decision to appoint a minister of state for petroleum resources from the Niger Delta area is a wrong signal.
Sani, speaking with Channels Television on Thursday, August 17, noted that limiting the appointment to a particular state would trigger a sense of entitlement amongst the people of the Niger Delta.
On his view regarding the portfolios of the minister designates the IPAC chair said: “Unfortunately, this sector (Niger Delta) has been made to look as if people that should be appointed to that ministry should come from Niger Delta.
“It is a wrong signal because, when you now give people a sense of entitlement, their efficiency becomes something that is not given due attention to.
“I think we must change that scenario, but if he must do that – not because I am from the North Central – why don’t you give Federal Capital Territory to an indigene of North Central? – if you must be sensational about such very important ministry.
“What do we do about fighting crude oil theft? Crude oil theft endemically is perpetrated – from what we heard so far is from the people from that area.”
Sani suggested that the petroleum sector should be looked into from a professional point of view and a national interest point of view.
