Akeredolu Defeats Tinubu’s Favourite, Emerges Ondo APC Governorship Flagbearer James Sowole in Akure Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, yesterday emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November
26 governorship election in Ondo State. Akeredolu scored 669 votes to defeat Olusegun Abraham, backed by the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Abraham scored 635 votes. About 3000 delegates voted
in the election that had 24 aspirants. Jigawa State Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who chaired the primary election committee of the party that monitored the exercise, announced Akeredolu as the winner of the poll at the international
event center, venue of the exercise. The build up to yesterday’s primary was characterized by tension within the party following allegations that Tinubu had endorsed Abraham and also directed the party leadership in the state to ensure his emergence
as candidate. Though, Tinubu admitted that he endorsed Abraham, a decision he said was within his political rights, he however denied directing the party leadership to work for his emergence and assured all the aspirants of a level playing field.
Incidentally, Akeredolu was the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ANC) in the 2012 governorship election in the state following his endorsement by Tinubu. He however came third in that election trailing behind
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L-R: Former Group Managing Directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Engr. Funsho Kupolokun, Engr. Abubakar Yar'Adua, Engr. Lawrence Amu, Chief Odoliyi Lolomari, incumbent GMD, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, HRM (Dr). Edmund Daukoru, Dr. Thomas John, Dr. Joseph Dawha, and Dr. Jackson Gauis-Obaseki after a meeting on way forward for the oil industry in Abuja ...yesterday
Oil Industry May be Crippled Unless Urgent Steps are Taken, Warn Former NNPC GMDs
Proffer way forward for industry Say PMS price cap of N145/litre is at variance with liberalisation policy Kick against removal of NAPIMS from NNPC
Chineme Okafor in Abuja Former Group Managing Directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday rose from a meeting in Abuja and
declared that the current situation affecting Nigeria's oil and gas sector was capable of leading to its total collapse if left unattended to. The former GMDs, who attended the meeting
included HRM (Dr.) Edmund Daukoru, Chief Odoliyi Lolomari, Dr. Thomas M. A. John, Engr. Lawrence Amu, Dr. Jackson E. Gaius-Obaseki, Engr. Funsho Moses Kupolokun, Engr. (Dr.) Abubakar Lawal
Yar’Adua and Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha, while Chief Festus Marinho, Dr. Chamberlain Oyibo, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo. Engr. Austen O. Oniwon, and Engr. Andrew Laah Yakubu were absent,
although with apologies. The erstwhile NNPC bosses said after a brainstorming session with corporation's current GMD, Dr. Maikanti Baru, that the federal government and stakeholders must now
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chart a new course to reform the country's oil industry. They also indicated that certain operations of the NNPC would have to be reformed to give it a chance Continued on page 6