Dr Abiye Samuel Precious Sekibo is a Nigerian doctor and politician who was Federal Minister of Transportation in the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo, appointed in April 2003.
13 Facts About Precious Sekibo
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Abiye Sekibo was born in 1958 in Okrika, Rivers State.
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Precious Sekibo was a House Officer at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital and underwent the compulsory one National Youth Service Corp at Ede.
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Precious Sekibo was Doctor-In-Charge of St Michael's Clinic in Port-Harcourt.
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Precious Sekibo was a director representing the Rivers State Government on the board of the West African Glass Industry Plc.
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Precious Sekibo established the PreciousLife Medical Centre in Port Harcourt and Abuja.
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Precious Sekibo was appointed a Special Assistant to the Governor of Rivers State, and served as Secretary to the Rivers State Government.
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Precious Sekibo was nominated and screened by the Senate of Federal Republic of Nigeria, and appointed Minister of Transport in July 2003.
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Precious Sekibo said the planned port reform would increase private sector involvement in port operation, and that government had no business being in business.
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Precious Sekibo claimed that the government was not going to privatise the ports.
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Precious Sekibo supported the Nigerian Railway Corporation chief Abdulrahman Abubakar, who said the people were not entitle to compensation since they had been squatting on railway land.
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In September 2005, Precious Sekibo said that the government had approved in principle setting up a special authority to manage a 25-year railway development plan.
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In June 2008, Abiye Precious Sekibo appeared in Federal High Court to argue that Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi had not been legally elected, despite a Supreme Court judgement in his favor of 25 October 2007.