In a bid to end the ongoing fuel crisis and the untold hardship it is presently unleashing on Nigerians, President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, directed the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to cut short its recess and immediately convene a meeting with industry stakeholders.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Senator Kabiru Marafa, who disclosed this in Abuja, said following the directive, the Committee has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Maikanti Baru and other relevant stakeholders in the petroleum sector to a crucial meeting on Thursday January 4, 2018.

He further added that the meeting which will be held in the Senate Hearing Room 221 and its proceedings aired live on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), is meant to address the lingering fuel scarcity bedevilling the nation in the last few weeks with a view to put a complete stop to the unsavoury development.

The Senate, which is presently on Christmas and New Year break is billed to resume Committee work for budget defence on January 9, and commence plenary on January 16.

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Media Office of the President of the Senate

http://www.metronaija.ng/fuel-scarcity-senate-summons-kachikwu-nnpcs-gmd-others/

They should summon the minister of petroleum(Buhari)...

They left out the very person they should have summoned. Why leave out the Minister of Petroleum Muhammadu Buhari?

dukie25:
The left out the very person they should have summoned. Why leave out the Minister of Petroleum Muhammadu Buhari?

Is Kachikwu not the minister of petroleum?

Jibril659:
Is Kachikwu not the minister of petroleum?

No.
Kachikwu is only the minister of state while Buhari is the minister of petroleum.
Kachikwu's role is largely ceremonial, Maikanti Baru has more power as MD.

dukie25:

No.
Kachikwu is only the minister of state while Buhari is the minister of petroleum.
Kachikwu's role is largely ceremonial, Maikanti Baru has more power as MD.

story.

cowards, summon Buhari the petroleum minister in leave the innocent men alone

Jibril659:
story.

Google exist for a reason.

dukie25:


Google exist for a reason.

what is role as minister of state for petroleum? What has he done to douse the current fuel scarcity?

Jibril659:
what is role as minister of state for petroleum? What has he done to douse the current fuel scarcity?

You should be asking Buhari as the minister in charge of petroleum not his deputy. The buck stops at the minister's table.
If this was ministry of Agriculture would you leave the minister and vent anger on his deputy?

dukie25:


You should be asking Buhari as the minister in charge of petroleum not his deputy. The buck stops at the minister's table.
If this was ministry of Agriculture, would you leave the minister and vent anger on his deputy?

so you're saying Kachikwu has no business being the minister of petroleum. Pmb is the President of Nigeria.

If they can summon Kachikwu the unfortunate slave they can also summon the Dullard in Chief himself cos he's the boss. Or is he no longer the Petroleum Minister? Useless people!

Why exactly aren't dey summoning d Minister of Petroleum?? Wen its tym to apportion blame dey call Kachikwu, but glory and sharing tym is Buhari tym abi

Jibril659:
what is role as minister of state for petroleum? What has he done to douse the current fuel scarcity?

I see u've also been suffering from sense scarcity as well... So d minister of state supercedes d Minister abi?? What has d Minister of Petroleum done or even told Nigerians so far?

Jibril659:
so you're saying Kachikwu has no business being the minister of petroleum. Pmb is the President of Nigeria.

PMB is not just the president he's also the minister of petroleum. If the dullard can't run the presidency and petroleum ministry let him resign.
Kachikwu has some blame but the bulk of the blame should be on Buhari and Baru.
If it was something positive Buhari would have taken the glory, since it is negative, he wants to be absolved, no way.

So on top of buhari and baru awarding $28 billion secret contracts, we are still in this mess?

dukie25:

PMB is not just the president he's also the minister of petroleum. If the dullard can't run the presidency and petroleum ministry let him resign.
Kachikwu has some blame but the bulk of the blame should be on Buhari and Baru.
If it was something positive Buhari would have taken it, since it is negative, he wants to be absolved, no way.

What is Kachikwu's role as Minister of Petroleum?

Good. Get them all sacked if they don't understand basic economy of petroleum politics.

Issokay

Jibril659:

What is Kachikwu's role as Minister of Petroleum?

Get out of here if you can't understand simple English.

Fellow Nigerians, this shouldn't be news cos they don't care about us. One thing I know for sure is nothing last forever.
Something will surely trigger the hearts of people of this great nation to stand for justice.
For now I care less.

OK

Until they summon Minister of Petroleum ..PMB...they are toothless dogs

Who will summon the minister of petroleum. Maybe God. Just maybe.....

Subsidy is a scam they said. But NNPC landing cost is 171. Fake pastor said they dont pay anyone. But dat subsidy is offset by oil revenue sales. Wat a zoo

Why didn't they summon the Minsiter of Petroleum ?

Why in God's name did Buhari name himself petroleum minister?

they summon the GMD without the minister, kai Nigeria one chance people
am tired of this country i swear

They should have summoned Buhari instead of Kachikwu, or isn't Buhari minster of petroleum any more?

Yawn

hmmm