The Petroleum and Natural Gas
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has urged President Muhammadu
Buhari to appoint a substantive minister for the petroleum sector in his second
term.
Mr. Francis Johnson, PENGASSAN
President made the appeal while fielding questions from journalists on Friday
in Lagos on the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) held on
Thursday.
According to Johnson, separating
both offices will allow for a more efficient and effective management of the
oil and gas sector.
It will be recalled that in the
last four years, President Buhari had combined his position with that of
petroleum minister, while Ibe Kachukwu, was appointed minister of state for
petroleum.
Stakeholders had argued that the
combination of the office of the President and minister of petroleum was not in
the interest of the economy, as he was bogged down with enormous responsibilities
to pay enough attention to a sector that was the main stay of the nation’s
economy.
He commended the incumbent
administration’s efforts to the fight corruption and urged it to sustain the
tempo.
“NEC-in-Session believes that the
fight against corruption should not be allowed to shrink but rather sustained
to cover all sectors and maintain the gains of the present dispensation.
“NEC-in-Session demands that
government should make all efforts to see that all recovered looted funds are
accounted for and re-invested in the economy to reduce unemployment,” Johnson
said.
On human capital development and
labour issues, he urged the government to channel the human capital potential
of citizens toward optimising productivity and economic growth of a nation that
all craved for.
He said that the union had vowed
to confront all industrial issues with utmost seriousness, as the general
elections were over and warned “all recalcitrant companies violating the
Nigerian laws to brace up for a rude awakening”.
On security, the union leader
called for more funding in support of the recently released 1 billion dollars
earmarked for fighting insurgency and the acquisition/provision of equipment
for various security agencies
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