Asari Urges Jonathan to Appoint Technocrats As Ministers

Asari is better known as the founder and leader of the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force

Vanguard

3 June 2011

Asari Urges Jonathan to Appoint Technocrats As Ministers

The leader of  Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Front (NDPSF), Alhaji Mujahid  Dokubo-Asari on Friday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint  technocrats as ministers.

Asari, who gave this advice at a news conference in Abuja, said that Jonathan should ensure that his administration must embrace change that would advance the country’s development.

He denied any knowledge of  being recommended for appointment as Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta.

“My attention has been drawn to  rumour making the round that my name has been recommended for appointment as the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta,’’ he said.

“Let me state  clearly here that I have not been contacted by the presidency or any authority to that effect.

He said that even if the presidency was thinking on that line, he  would not accept such offer for obvious personal and collective reasons.