Fuel scarcity: Buhari can’t be summoned —Senate

Against a backdrop of agitations by senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for President Muhammadu Buhari to be summoned to the Red Chambers to explain the persistent fuel scarcity in most parts of the country, the Senate has stated that this is not possible.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sen. Aliyu Sabi, at a briefing after plenary session on Tuesday explained that it was wrong to invite President Buhari as the Commander-in-Chief, to appear before the Senate, despite the fact that he was the Minister of Petroleum.
Senator Sabi said in the place of President Buhari, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu would be summoned to brief the Senate on plans put in place by the Federal Government to end the fuel scarcity.

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The move by the opposition PDP to summon Buhari was thwarted when by their counterparts in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC shouted down the motion in a voice vote.
Their frustrated efforts came following a motion, tagged: “The current fuel scarcity all around the country and the need to urgently resolve the crisis,” sponsored by Senator Jibrin Barau, APC, Kano North and 23 other senators, which was debated upon.

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