FG to establish oil, gas museum in Bayelsa

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said the Federal Government of Nigeria had given approval for the establishment of an oil and gas museum, as well as an oil depot in Bayelsa State.

The special assistant to Sylva on media, Julius Bokoru, in a statement quoted the minister as announcing this on Saturday during a meeting with members of the Bayelsa State caucus in the National Assembly

Commending the bipartisan spirit of the state representatives at the National Assembly, the minister promised to work with them for the good of all Bayelsans.

“I have a fair, stable relationship with Governor Douye Diri.

“We must work to ensure that Bayelsa State gets all she is due from the Federal Government,’’ Sylva said.

The leader of the delegation and member representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency, Fred Agbedi, expressed the caucus’s willingness to work with the minister and other key players of the Buhari government from Bayelsa.