Senator Shehu Sani has advised
President Muhammadu Buhari to relinquish the Petroleum minister portfolio and
appoint someone else to manage the nation’s oil industry.
In a facebook post, Senator Sani
representing Kaduna Central in the upper chamber of the National Assembly said
President Buhari should disengage from being a petroleum minister.
”President Buhari should
disengage from being a Petroleum Minister and appoint a substantive minister
whom the nation can hold accountable to the happenings in the nation oil
industry.
”The President position as a
minister can drag him into issues in the oil sector of which he has limited
time to attend to.
”A broom immersed in oil cannot
sweep clean,” he posted.
Senator Sani’s advice is coming
on the heels of a disturbing memo written to the president by the Minister of
State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, where he complained of being
humiliated by the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru.
Kachikwu revealed that his
working relationship with Baru has been “fraught with humiliation, sidelining,
and campaigns of character defamation against me”.
“This is particularly frustrating
given the many contributions I have made to the growth and stability of the
Nigerian oil and gas industry through the many policies I have introduced since
August 2015.
“If NNPC is considered and known
to be one of the parastatals under the ministry, why does the GMD refuse to
report to my office or to the board on serious issues such as above, especially
given that I have been by Your Grace, the minister with oversight
responsibilities over these parastatals for two years?” Kachikwu queried.
The minister further alleged that
when he called for meetings, Baru would send his subordinates without the
courtesy of a call to explain his absence.
He said he had managed the bad
perception created by Baru’s blatant insubordination and disrespectful attitude
and had also worked hard to avoid being seen as petty and meddlesome.
The minister alleged that Baru
has created a fear culture in NNPC, against the open administration he had
introduced with the president’s support in their first year of pushing reforms.
“NNPC staff are afraid of
contacting me to avoid being punished, sidelined in appointments and targeted.
Indeed, the key factor for growth and advancement in NNPC of today is to avoid
the Minister of State’s Office,” Kachikwu added.
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