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Step aside as petroleum minister, ‘a broom immersed in oil cannot sweep clean’, Sani tells Buhari
Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to step aside as Minister of Petroleum Resources and appoint a substantive minister instead, in light of the controversies surrounding the ministry and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) resulting from the leaked memo that Ibe Kachikwu, the minister of state of the ministry, sent to the president detailing alleged acts depicting massive breach of due process and insubordination by the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru.
Sani made his position known via a statement issued Thursday in which he stated that Buhari did not enjoy the luxury of time and accommodating portfolio to oversee the oil industry.
He then advised the president to appoint a credible substantive minister to manage affairs in the oil industry, noting that such a move will help in deconcentrating the current cloud of hovering over the industry.
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Sani said, “President Buhari should disengage from being a Petroleum Minister and appoint a substantive minister whom the nation can hold accountable to the happenings in the nation oil industry.
“The President position as a minister can drag him into issues in the oil sector of which he has limited time to attend to.
“A broom immersed in oil cannot sweep clean”.
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yanju omotodun
October 6, 2017 at 8:38 am
President Buhari should allow kachikwu to be the federal minister of petroleum and probably look for another credible person as state minister of petroleum, so kachikwu can have authority over insurbodinate Baru
Abeni Adebisi
October 6, 2017 at 10:43 am
Yes, Kachikwu should me promoted and another person should be appointed as state Minister of petroleum because Kachikwu knows the issues facing the oil sector already
seyi jelili
October 6, 2017 at 11:44 am
Buhari will never use an Ibo man to head such vital ministry again after what Alison Madueke has done
Abeni Adebisi
October 6, 2017 at 10:40 am
This statement is direct enough and I’m sure Buhari has received the message clear and loud enough for him to know it’s time to step aside
chichi emerue
October 6, 2017 at 1:01 pm
Have you forgetting that Buhari don’t leave seat that make he go deaf.A seat that has cause him different kind of sickness and you want him to step aside is not possible
Animashaun Ayodeji
October 6, 2017 at 11:01 am
This is the time Buhari needs to remain as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, stepping aside means he’s not competent for the office at all, since he made himself the minister, he has to prove himself
Anita Kingsley
October 6, 2017 at 11:13 am
Stop being ridiculous, everyone knows Buhari isn’t competent and that’s one major reason for him to resign. We need a better person that will serve as pet minister full time
Joy Madu
October 6, 2017 at 12:49 pm
If Buhari step down that means an Hausa man will take over petroleum sector because we all know Buhari can not give it to an Igbo man again