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    Timipre Sylva resigns as state oil minister – Sources

    David GreatBy David GreatMarch 30, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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    INEC: Court disqualifies Timipre Sylva from Bayelsa gubernatorial election
    Timipre Sylva is vying for the Bayelsa state governorship election
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    Timipre Sylva has resigned as Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum to contest as governor of Bayelsa state, ministry and presidency sources told Reuters on Thursday.

    Sylva’s resignation comes at a time of political transition in Nigeria, with President Muhammadu Buhari serving his final weeks in office before giving way to president-elect Bola Tinubu on May 29.

    Timipre Sylva handed his resignation letter last week to Buhari, who doubles as petroleum minister, and stopped coming to the office, said two sources who did not want to be identified.

    They said he would be seeking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to run for Bayelsa governor in party primaries scheduled to take place on April 14.

    Sylva contested the APC presidential primaries but withdrew days to the election despite buying the N100 million nomination forms.

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    He could not be reached for comment and the petroleum ministry declined to comment.

    Timipre Sylva served as governor of Bayelsa for one full term between 2008 and 2012. At the time, he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, which was then in power at the federal level but is now in opposition.

    Appointed state minister of petroleum in August 2019, Sylva oversaw major reforms in the oil sector, including the passing of legislation that overhauled the sector’s fiscal regime in a bid to spur investment.

    During his time as minister, Nigeria’s oil output fell to its lowest in decades due to crude theft and pipeline vandalism. Angola overtook Nigeria as Africa’s biggest oil producer and exporter for a few months last year.

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