Prof. Pat Utomi has disassociated himself from a purported list of “new appointees and ministers” to serve in President Bola Tinubu’s administration. This list is being circulated on social media, purporting that he will serve as a minister in Tinubu’s government. Utomi, a political economist and staunch ally of the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, said in a statement issued through his Director of Media and Communications, Charles Odibo, that Nigerians should ignore the list.
“Our initial instinct was to ignore this illusory piece of fake news and thereby not dignify the purveyors with a response, but after deep reflection and in consideration of the peace of the graveyard that pervades the nation, we consider it expedient to dismiss this unfounded fake news,” the statement aaded.
Professor Pat Utomi has distanced himself from a circulating list of alleged new appointees and ministers to serve in President Bola Tinubu's administration.
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (URHOBTODAY)-A political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi has dissociated himself from the unconfirmed list of “new appointees and some new ministers”
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