The Presidency has clarified that President Bola Tinubu is not the Minister of Petroleum Resources.
Special adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga revealed this in response to calls for Tinubu to resign from the Petroleum Ministry over his handling of the petroleum sector amidst unfulfilled promises, soaring fuel prices and worsening economic conditions.
Speaking on Channels TV, Onanuga said that that the Tinubu administration has appointed two ministers overseeing the petroleum sector, one of whom specifically focuses on gas.
They are Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil) and Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of Petroleum (Gas).
‘According to Onanuga: “The President has never called himself the Minister of Petroleum; it’s you people in the media. We have two ministers and as far as this President is concerned, we have two ministers of petroleum, and one of them focuses on gas.
“That’s an area that this government discovered in the past that Nigeria neglected and Nigeria is more of a gas country than an oil country; President Tinubu is focusing on gas.
“Recently, Obasanjo said he made a mistake during his time by not focusing on gas and Tinubu is rectifying that by making sure we focus on gas. The president supervises all his ministers; he’s in charge of everything.”
