The Arewa Youth Movement (AYM) has expressed its admiration for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to nominate Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, a member of the House of Representatives, as a Minister.
Tunji-Ojo, representing the Akoko North East/Akoko Northwest Federal Constituency of Ondo State, is among the initial 28 ministerial nominees whose names were announced by Senate President Godswill Akpabio last week and subsequently screened.
In a statement issued by its leader, Kabiru Yusuf, the Arewa Youth Movement praised President Tinubu for the nomination and hailed Tunji-Ojo as a capable and competent individual, well-equipped to make a significant impact while fulfilling his national responsibilities.
The group also highlighted Tunji-Ojo’s previous achievements, citing how he utilized his legislative influence to facilitate the rehabilitation of roads and other essential projects in his Federal Constituency.
The group said, “We commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the nomination of a member of the House of Representatives Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo as minister. This shows his commitment to include capable, competent youths in governance. We have an endless list of the achievements of Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who was the Chairman House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the 9th National Assembly.
“Even before becoming a lawmaker, Tunji Ojo has shown commitment in doing the very best for the people. In collaboration with the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Ojo pioneered the first Nigerian Content Workshop (NCW) in 2016, a forum for all stakeholders in the Oil and Gas Industry to discuss freely on the Policy Framework to improve indigenous participation and making use of the Nigerian Content Policy to domicile the best global productivity and performances in Nigeria. One of the goals of the workshop was to address the thematic issues, challenges, concerns, and ways forward and this was achieved with thirteen papers delivered and deliberated upon by speakers. We are optimistic that he will bring his experience to bear in the discharge of his national assignment.”
