By Emmanuel Nduka
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva on Monday joined other All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants to obtain the nomination and expression of interest forms in contention for the Office of the President of Nigeria.
Sylva a former Governor of Bayelsa State, become the 25th aspirant to pick the party’s forms ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms.
A group under the platform of Good People of Nigeria obtained the forms on behalf of Sylva,
Speaking in front of the NNPC Towers in Abuja, leader of the group, Alhaji Mohammed Abu Abaji, said the group had been closely monitoring the works of the Minister in controlling the petroleum resources of Nigeria and believes that he is the right person to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari.
“That is why we bought these forms and called on him to come and contest in the APC primaries; I think it is one of the small things we can do for him.
“For the period he has been the minister you can see that he has spent a lot of time in the Niger Delta to talk to his people. We believe that as a president a lot will happen for oil prospects for the development of Nigeria. We are the good people of Nigeria and it is a collective donation. Everybody you see here donated money for the fund,” he said.
Recieving the forms, Sylva lauded the group and expressed shock that they could go to that extent to obtain the forms for him.
Sylva added that he would have to consult widely before taking further decisions.
