{"id":131467,"date":"2023-12-15T10:48:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/15\/dont-parade-yourself-as-petroleum-minister-like-obasanjo-buhari-falana-to-tinubu\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T10:48:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:48:16","slug":"dont-parade-yourself-as-petroleum-minister-like-obasanjo-buhari-falana-to-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/15\/dont-parade-yourself-as-petroleum-minister-like-obasanjo-buhari-falana-to-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Parade Yourself As Petroleum Minister Like Obasanjo, Buhari \u2014 Falana To Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-894380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_20231003-061313_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Bola Ahmed Tinubu\" width=\"1080\" height=\"708\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to refrain from presenting himself as the Minister of Petroleum Resources.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it is imperative because the President did not undergo screening by the National Assembly before assuming the role.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Abuja during the public presentation of the book titled, \u201cDis Life No Balance; An Anthropology of Nigerian Diaspora Voices,\u201d co-authored by Professors Farooq Kperogi, Moses Ochonu, and Dr. Osmund Agbo, Falana cautioned Tinubu against emulating former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari, who held the position of petroleum ministers during their tenures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Compensate Victims Of Accidental Airstrikes In Two Weeks Or Face Legal Action \u2014 Femi Falana To FG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arguing that Tinubu\u2019s role as Petroleum Minister goes against section 147 of the Constitution, Falana echoed the recent stance of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi had advised against Tinubu\u2019s role, stating that such an arrangement hampers accountability for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.<\/p>\n<p>Falana said, \u201cPresident Bola Tinubu is not the Minister of Petroleum Resources, as his nomination was never sent to the senate for screening as mandatorily required by section 147 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy advice is that the President should not parade himself as the Minister of Petroleum Resources like President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Muhammadu Buhari,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-642187704\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to refrain from presenting himself as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. 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