Timipre Sylva, has assumed duties with a pledge to reposition and chart
a way forward for the Nigerian petroleum sector.
A press release Wednesday by the NNPC Group General Manager, Group
Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, said Chief Sylva pledged to
work with the experts at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) and the other departments and agencies under the Ministry to move
the sector forward.
In a welcome ceremony for Chief Sylva at the NNPC Towers in Abuja, the
new Minister of State for Petroleum Resources who was accompanied by his
wife, Alanyingi Sylva, stated that with the calibre of workforce in the
Ministry, he was sure that the nation’s oil and gas sector would move to
the next level.
Chief Sylva, who is a former Governor of Bayelsa State brings on the job
several years of cognate experience in the petroleum sector.
The new Minister of State contributed profoundly to the institution of
the Amnesty programme in the Niger Delta region which, over time, has
led to restoration of peace in the oil producing areas of Nigeria.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources,
Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, reassured Chief Sylva of the readiness of all
members of staff in the Ministry to support him to succeed in the
onerous task of transforming the Nigerian oil and gas sector for the
good of all stakeholders.
On hand to welcome the Minister at the brief ceremony were the Group
Managing director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari; Executive Secretary of the
Petroleum Training Development Fund (PTDF), Dr. Bello Aliyu Gusau; and
the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), Alhaji
Ahmed Bobboi, amongst others.