The Senate President Bukola Saraki has given a directive to the Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream to cut short its recess and attend to the issue of the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.
To appear before the committee are the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu and the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru.
A statement from the Senate President’s Media Office on Thursday, says the duo is expected to meet the committee on Thursday, January 4, 2018.
Side note: 4th of January doesn’t convey any sense of urgency.
The statement reads: “The President of the Senate has directed the Committee On Petroleum Downstream to cut short its recess to address the lingering fuel scarcity bedevilling the nation in the last few weeks.
“Arising from this directive, the committee will meet with the minister and GMD on Thursday, 4th January 2018 by 12.00pm in room 221. Note that the meeting will be covered live by NTA”.
A welcomed development, no doubt and we also like the bit about live coverage. The wonder was that the Senate went on recess in the first place. The petrol crisis did not happen overnight; it was in the news weeks before Christmas.
In other development, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Nasarawa State have arrested 36 petrol marketers for selling the product above official price of N145.00.
Meanwhile, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Lagos, alleged that the NNPC did not give its members enough petrol. They also accused the Corporation of no longer selling to them at N133.28 per litre and that it was impossible for them to continue selling the product at NNPC’s official price of N145 per litre.
Does any other person recall the statement by Governor Fayose that the fuel scarcity is a ploy by the federal government to increase pump price from N145.00 to N185.00?
We’ll keep you posted as events unfold.
These meeting was supposed to have held weeks ago, before christmas sef.
immediately there was a looming not even now.
am suspecting these people.
lets see how this will end
if Fayose`s conspiracy theory is correct then we are doomed.
i smell a dead fish too
hahahaha @sidomex : “The wonder was that the Senate went on recess in the first place. The petrol crisis did not happen overnight”
our senator prefer dont joke with their recess ooh
and also adjourning of important matters.
can you imagine
There is a possibility of truth
Yes there is always a real truth.
We should also pay attention to Fayose words
Yes you are right may be he might say something reasonable..
Abi
that theory may be correct
this country surprises me everyday o
Lets pray the committee members are not beneficiaries of the scarcity
Yes we should be prayerful.
now thats what i what we may never know
Kachikwu would definitely start work with this news
Yes na.
That means scarcity would soon end
Or it going to start.
Are you speaking your own language,because as far am concern i don’t think that will stop
The Senate president should be commended
For sure na.
Abi
Its a nice step
For the first time the Nigerian senate will come outside their comfort
Just pray that he is going to do what brought him there o
This is a welcome development by Saraki, but will he follow up the directive he has given. Sha we all know in the end, common Nigerians will continue to bear the pains. Selah!
That was all we are just praying for oo
Very Right
You are absolutely correct.