Nigerian Minister Joins Bayelsa Governorship Race

Nigerian Minister has joined the Bayelsa governorship race.

Newsone reports that a former Bayelsa State governor and Minister of State Petroleum for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has joined the race to run for the governorship seat of the Niger Delta state

This online news platform understands that friends of the minister have purchased the N50 million All Progressives Congress nomination and expression of interest form for the former governor.

The said friends of the Nigerian Minister were reportedly at the national secretariat of the APC on Monday to pick up the nomination form

Sylvia was Governor of Bayelsa State between 2008–2012 and was later appointed Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in 2019.

Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the Bayelsa governorship election in the Niger Delta state is slated for November 11, 2023.