The Presidency has clarified that President BOLA TINUBU did not appoint himself as the substantive minister of Petroleum as speculated by some individuals in the country.

The clarification is coming on the heels of some citizens calling on the President to surrender his office as substantive minister of petroleum to a competent Nigerian.

They had argued that retaining the office of petroleum minister for himself since he composed his cabinet in August 2023 has not boosted the country’s daily oil production in any way.

Speaking on the development in a Programme Monitored by INSPIRATION FM, News, theSpecial Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr BAYO ONANUGA explained that the president has never called himself the Minister of Petroleum, saying it is the citizens that are attaching the petroleum portfolio to him.