Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), made this known in Abuja on Friday.
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Sylva said that President Muhammadu Buhari had not approved rise in the pump price of PMS as being bandied around.
He gave the charge while addressing troops under Operation Delta Safe during his operational visit to military formations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday.
The Minister said this in a statement on Monday by his Senior Adviser, Media and Communications, Horatius Egua.
This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen on Monday in Abuja.
Gbajabiamila particularly called out the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (formerly Group Managing Director of the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation), Melee Kyari; as well as the Managing Director of Petroleum Pipeline Marketing Company, Isiaku Abdullahi, among others.
Sylva made the call on Friday in his remark at the Bonding Retreat for the staff members in his office at Mandala, Niger State.
In his opening remarks at the stakeholders’ consultation on draft regulations on implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act Wednesday in Abuja, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva said that stakeholders in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry “must, in designing any regulation, put in focus how we can balance the energy base load for Nigeria so that we will not be left behind in the energy transition train while still harnessing our rich natural hydrocarbon reserves.”
The matter, which was scheduled for trial commencement could not proceed as a lawyer working at Olanipekun’s firm told Justice Obiora Egwuatu, shortly after the case was called, that her boss was not in court.
Sylva said this Thursday at a Town Hall meeting with the management and staff of the Ministry in Abuja.
The Minister said this in his New Year message to Nigerian, released by his Media Office to newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
This was the message of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, to Nigerians at Christmas.
The development was confirmed by the spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, on Wednesday.
A statement by one of his aides, Lawson Chibuike, said on Monday that the car in question, a Jaguar, was impounded in the US for emission reasons – and has since been released.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Director-General of LCCI, Dr. Chinyere Almona, days after the signing of the bill into law
Sylva said this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday on the newly-signed into law PIA.
While conceding that the duo of Buhari and Sylva have the constitutional rights to move to any parts of the country, the youths insisted that “their movement into the six states of the Niger Delta will be welcome with boos and disgraceful jeers due to their show of disregard to the plights and cry of the people of the region over the years”.
Members of a 33-man delegation, led by Chief T.K Ogoriba, who paid a solidarity visit to the minister in Abuja, stated that the introduction of unprecedented massive reforms in the petroleum industry, especially the radical expansion of the gas sector, is reflective of current global standards.
In a statement, the former minister noted that Biden has proved to be “a man of peace, goodwill and justice for all mankind.”