President Buhari has been asked to fire his petroleum minister if he fails to resign.
If recent proposal by the Civil Society Coalition for Positive Change and Stand Up for Nigeria are anything to go by, President Muhammadu Buhari may fire Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria’s minister of state for Petroleum Resources.
The groups have issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the minister to resign from office in view of the prolonged fuel scarcity or be fired by the president.
The minister, according to the groups, has failed to justify his appointment, and his inability to restore normalcy with regard to the biting fuel crisis in the country shows his incompetence to manage the situation.
Comrade Venatius, the national president of the Civil Society Coalition, and Labake Boboye, the executive director of the SUN, in a joint statement issued and made available to journalists on Sunday, March 27, asked President Buhari to fire Kachikwu if he fails to resign.
Kachikwu who doubles as the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had recently opened up on the prevailing fuel scarcity in the country, stating that it may be difficult to experience normalcy in the country.
But the groups believe that his statements were reckless and insulting to Nigerians who voted for the current administration.
They have threatened to take to the streets on Wednesday, March 30 in a “mother of all protests” demonstration in Abuja to draw the attention of the president and members of the international community in an event the minister refuses to resign.
“Nigerians fought hard to vote in this government of change. But to hear the minister say the kind of things he said is not only insulting to Nigerians but showed his gross incompetence. Nigerians will not tolerate such recklessness. In case the minister needs a reminder, the era of incompetence is long gone with the previous administration.
“Since he has admitted that he cannot restore normalcy to the current fuel crisis, he should immediately resign his position. Indeed, Kachikwu was not coerced to take this job. He accepted the job and its responsibilities knowingly. He also must remember that he does not own NNPC.
“This also is not a private company that owes nothing to the public except the duty of fair dealing. He is a public servant. The seat he sits upon is owned by Nigerians not by him,” the statement by the groups read.
In a similar fashion, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has lashed out at the minister over his comments on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.
Tinubu expressed his dissatisfaction with the recent declaration by Kachikwu who said earlier this week that he was not a magician who could end the pertol scarcity “with a magic wand”.
The national leader of the ruling issued the appropriate statement titled ‘Kachikwu Needs to Know That Respect and Good Performance Will Do What Magic Cannot’ on Saturday, March 26.
Source: Naij.com
If recent proposal by the Civil Society Coalition for Positive Change and Stand Up for Nigeria are anything to go by, President Muhammadu Buhari may fire Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria’s minister of state for Petroleum Resources.
The groups have issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the minister to resign from office in view of the prolonged fuel scarcity or be fired by the president.
The minister, according to the groups, has failed to justify his appointment, and his inability to restore normalcy with regard to the biting fuel crisis in the country shows his incompetence to manage the situation.
Comrade Venatius, the national president of the Civil Society Coalition, and Labake Boboye, the executive director of the SUN, in a joint statement issued and made available to journalists on Sunday, March 27, asked President Buhari to fire Kachikwu if he fails to resign.
Kachikwu who doubles as the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had recently opened up on the prevailing fuel scarcity in the country, stating that it may be difficult to experience normalcy in the country.
But the groups believe that his statements were reckless and insulting to Nigerians who voted for the current administration.
They have threatened to take to the streets on Wednesday, March 30 in a “mother of all protests” demonstration in Abuja to draw the attention of the president and members of the international community in an event the minister refuses to resign.
“Nigerians fought hard to vote in this government of change. But to hear the minister say the kind of things he said is not only insulting to Nigerians but showed his gross incompetence. Nigerians will not tolerate such recklessness. In case the minister needs a reminder, the era of incompetence is long gone with the previous administration.
“Since he has admitted that he cannot restore normalcy to the current fuel crisis, he should immediately resign his position. Indeed, Kachikwu was not coerced to take this job. He accepted the job and its responsibilities knowingly. He also must remember that he does not own NNPC.
“This also is not a private company that owes nothing to the public except the duty of fair dealing. He is a public servant. The seat he sits upon is owned by Nigerians not by him,” the statement by the groups read.
In a similar fashion, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has lashed out at the minister over his comments on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.
Tinubu expressed his dissatisfaction with the recent declaration by Kachikwu who said earlier this week that he was not a magician who could end the pertol scarcity “with a magic wand”.
The national leader of the ruling issued the appropriate statement titled ‘Kachikwu Needs to Know That Respect and Good Performance Will Do What Magic Cannot’ on Saturday, March 26.
Source: Naij.com
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