The Minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva has resign from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned on Friday according to a statement from the pesidency.
Chief Timipre Sylva, former governor of Bayelsa State, has resigned from his position as the minister of state for petroleum resources, the presidency confirmed on Friday.
The former minister has not spoken on why he resigned from his position, but it may not be unconnected with the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary in the state.
Sylva, a former governor of the oil producing state is said to be interested in contesting for the APC sole ticket to vie in the upcoming governorship election.
Baahir Ahmad, President Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, confirmed his resignation in a tweet on Friday.
He tweeted “Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, and former Bayelsa state governor, H.E. Timipre Sylva, has resigned his appointment to contest in the next Bayelsa governorship election”.
Recall that th3 former governor had last year indicated his intersect to contest the APC presidential primary but later withdrew.
