{"id":68596,"date":"2019-08-22T06:26:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T05:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=68596"},"modified":"2019-08-22T06:26:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T05:26:50","slug":"sylva-assumes-duty-as-minister-of-state-for-petroleum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/sylva-assumes-duty-as-minister-of-state-for-petroleum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylva Assumes Duty as Minister of State for Petroleum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NPC, Others Welcome Him<\/div>\n
\n
\nThe newly appointed Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief
\nTimipre Sylva, has assumed duties with a pledge to reposition and chart
\na way forward for the Nigerian petroleum sector.<\/p>\n

A press release Wednesday by the NNPC Group General Manager, Group
\nPublic Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, said Chief Sylva pledged to
\nwork with the experts at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
\n(NNPC) and the other departments and agencies under the Ministry to move
\nthe sector forward.<\/p>\n

In a welcome ceremony for Chief Sylva at the NNPC Towers in Abuja, the
\nnew Minister of State for Petroleum Resources who was accompanied by his
\nwife, Alanyingi Sylva, stated that with the calibre of workforce in the
\nMinistry, he was sure that the nation’s oil and gas sector would move to
\nthe next level.<\/p>\n

Chief Sylva, who is a former Governor of Bayelsa State brings on the job
\nseveral years of cognate experience in the petroleum sector.<\/p>\n

The new Minister of State contributed profoundly to the institution of
\nthe Amnesty programme in the Niger Delta region which, over time, has
\nled to restoration of peace in the oil producing areas of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources,
\nDr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, reassured Chief Sylva of the readiness of all
\nmembers of staff in the Ministry to support him to succeed in the
\nonerous task of transforming the Nigerian oil and gas sector for the
\ngood of all stakeholders.<\/p>\n

On hand to welcome the Minister at the brief ceremony were the Group
\nManaging director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari; Executive Secretary of the
\nPetroleum Training Development Fund (PTDF), Dr. Bello Aliyu Gusau; and
\nthe Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), Alhaji
\nAhmed Bobboi, amongst others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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