President Bola Tinubu has met with Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, and the leaders of Ogoni land from four local government areas of River State.
The meeting took place at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja today January 21.
On the delegations of the governor and the FCT Minister, respectively, were Senators Lee Maeba, Magnus Abe, Olaka Nwogu, Chief Victor Giadom, Chief Kenneth Kobani, Monsignor Pius Kii, Leedom Mitee, Senators Bennett Birabi, Barry Mpigi, Chief Keneth Kobani, Prof.B. Fakae, amongst others.
Also in attendance are some of President Tinubu’s cabinet members; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh, Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited NNPCL, Mele Kyari.
The specific agenda of the meeting is yet to be made public but sources in the presidency claim it may not be unconnected to issues of Ogoni clean-up and resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland.
