JUST-IN: Tinubu Meets Gov Fubara, Ogoni Leaders At State House
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Rivers State governor, Sim Fubara, and the leaders of Ogoni land from four local government areas of River State.
Leadership Newspaper reports that Governor Fubara, on Tuesday afternoon, arrived the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in company of Senator Lee Maeba.
Also on the delegation of the governor are Senators 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 Tinubu 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.
Although the agenda of the meeting was yet to be made public as of the time of filing this report, it may not be unconnected to issues of Ogoni clean-up and resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland.
The Federal Government had expressed concern over years of stoppage of oil exploration in River State.