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Tinubu (sitting)Minister of Petroleum Resources· 21 August 2023 — sitting

Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri (Minister of State)

Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil). President Tinubu held the substantive portfolio at inception.

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Heineken Lokpobiri (b. 9 December 1969, Ekeremor LGA, Bayelsa) is a former Senator and Minister of State for Agriculture under Buhari I.

He shares the petroleum portfolio with Sen. Ekperikpe Ekpo (Minister of State for Gas). The substantive Minister of Petroleum Resources is President Tinubu himself.

Sources

  • Federal Government Gazette — Ministerial appointments, August 2023
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.