A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Yekini Nabena, has called on President Bola Tinubu to approve relocation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to the Niger Delta region.
According to reports the Federal Government had indicated interest in moving some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, to Lagos State.
The development has however generated a lot of controversy, with Northern leaders opposing the move.
Nabena, in a statement issued Wednesday, said that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development should be moved to Benue State where agricultural produce are in abundance to justify the decision to move some departments of CBN and FAAN out of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The APC chieftain claimed that Tinubu did not believe in one Nigeria before he emerged as President.
Nabena recalled that Tinubu granted an interview on April 11, 1997, which was titled “I don’t believe in one Nigeria – Tinubu”.
He insisted that the Presidency must come out clear on the real reasons for relocation of the two affected agencies and not the flimsy excuses given so far.
According to him, federal agencies are symbols of Nigerian unity and should not be played with.
The APC chieftain expressed shock that the National Assembly was keeping quiet over some developments going on in the country, adding that the leadership of the 10th Assembly must tell the Nigerian public where the Christmas money they shared came from.
