TROUBLE is far from being over for the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu. 

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday called for his resignation over the lingering fuel scarcity. 

The APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had, on Saturday, asked the minister, who doubles as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to apologise to Nigerians for saying he was not a magician to bring to an end the fuel crisis.

Kachikwu had, on Wednesday, told journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa that the fuel scarcity would last till May and that he was not a magician. In the face of public outrage, the following day, the NNPC stated that the minister was misinterpreted.

But yesterday, the APC National Vice Chairman (South-South), Prince Hilliard Eta, called for the resignation of Kachikwu, stating that the minister was still carrying the toga of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 

In a statement made available to the media, the APC national vice chairman alleged that “Kachukwu has not entirely cast off the orientation of the Peoples Democratic Party where he was.”

Eta added that such orientation is still manifesting in his actions and utterances such as the recent one that attracted opprobrium from many Nigerians. 

“In the light of the foregoing, Mr. Kachukwu must not be a cog in the wheel of progress and he should do the needful by resigning honourably if he is not capable of doing his part by efficiently running the ministry assigned to him,” he said.

The member of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) denied any major rift in the party, saying: “It is important to reiterate here that winning the federal election in 2015 has not eroded the core ideology of progressivism which we espouse as it is the very foundation on which the party rest.

“This progressive ideology strongly emphasises government as a tool for service to the people who are the custodians of power in the first instance. In line with this, it is not wrong or out of place for Tinubu to call the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu to order owing to the anti-progressive statements he made in the Presidential Villa on Wednesday March 23, 2016, while fielding questions from journalists on the persisting scarcity of petrol.

“Secondly, we in the APC believe that it is proper to immediately correct mistakes or errors committed by any member of the party, no matter how highly placed and we are developing a culture of accountability to Nigerians who government is meant to serve.

“From this perspective, it is therefore understandable that Kachikwu’s statement to the effect that he has no solution to petrol scarcity bedevilling the country drew flaks from Tinubu and this does not, in any way, imply that there is a crack within the party. 

“In African culture, it is seen as irresponsible for an elder to watch a youngster or an inexperienced person blunder without immediately calling him to order.

“Furthermore, the South-South chapter of the APC feels that Kachikwu has not entirely cast off the orientation of the Peoples Democratic Party where he was and this is manifest in his actions and utterances, such as the recent one that attracted opprobrium from many Nigerians.”


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Why Kachikwu and not the Minister for petroleum? APC are more concerned with Kachi still having PDP's orientation than solving the fuel scarcity on ground

It also means, BUHARI RESIGN NOW!
That is the connotative meaning of that call.

This statement is not so grand or so profound.
It is what Nigerians have been saying 'siiiiiiiince'. The evil party has merely re-echoed the wish of Nigerians that Buhari's government is a failed one.

PERIOD!