Minister of State for Petroleum
Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, yesterday spoke for the first time about his meeting
with President Buhari on his petition against the group managing director
of NNPC, Maikanti Baru.
Recall that Kachikwu in a petition dated August 30th
addressed to President Buhari, accused Baru of insubordination and awarding a
$25billion contract without due process.
On October 6th, President Buhari
had a meeting with Kachikwu over the petition and after the meeting, the
Minister refused to disclose to state house correspondents the outcome of the
meeting.
However, Kachikwu yesterday broke
his silence and spoke on the outcome of his meeting with President Buhari. He spoke to newsmen at the end of a three-day Nigerian content workshop organized by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board in Imo.
According to him, President Buhari asked him to go back and continue to work
with Baru so as to clear any doubt and rift. He also added that
his petition was misunderstood by many Nigerians.
“The conversation has been
largely misunderstood to border on fraud. It was not on fraud, but on
governance and suggestions on ways to go about it. I think a lot of people got
it wrong. People dwell much on issues of sensationalism and leave the main
substance.
The group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, and I are working together as Mr. President had
directed to move forward. Mr. President has urged the two of us to find
ways of working together to remove doubt and rift.
Mr. President is a
decent man and what he wants to achieve in this country is to live a legacy for
posterity. He is a sincere leader, so nobody should accuse him of engaging in
fraud.” he said
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Heheheheee. Igbo man jobber. He has been brought back in line 25 billion will turn to dust and Ibe must approve it.
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