Petroleum Minister, Timipre Slyva, picks APC presidential forms

Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Slyva, has picked the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Supporters of the minister presented the forms to him on Monday.

Addressing a group of supporters who gathered at the NNPC Towers, Slyva thanked them for picking the forms for him.

He said he was going to consult leaders of the South South which includes Chief Edwin Clark before making a decision to contest.

“I have tried since I was appointed to this office to do my best in the service of our country and today you by yourself go through the trouble of obtaining the nomination and expression of interest forms for me is very humbling and very shocking.

“But I am very happy and pleased by this gesture. I will not give you a straight answer but I am really thankful for what you have done. I need to consult with my constituency and leaders of this country and then I will come back to you to let you know if I have taken the position to run for this office.

“I will start right away to consult. I will go to my leader, the Ijaw leader, Sir E.K Clark, I will talk to him and I will also consult other leaders of the country,” he said.