The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu has written to President Muhammadu Buhari accusing the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru of practices that could hinder planned transparency of the group.
In a letter which was to have been written by Dr. Kachikwu dated August 30 complained that the NNPC boss has total disregard for his office and has refused to work with him over a year.
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An alleged copy which is making rounds on the internet showed that Dr. Buhari is humiliating the board through his many disregarding behaviors to consult the board before awarding contracts.
The Minister complained that the massive shake up which took place sometimes past was done without the approval of the board, adding that it was one of many that the NNPC boss had done without due process.
“It is in the spirit of service and absolute belief in your leadership and integrity that I have, after one year of tolerating these disrespectful and humiliating conducts by the GMD, decided to bring these to your attention,” the Minister wrote.
Dr. Kachikwu beg President Buhari to “save the office of the Minister of State from further humiliation and disrespect by compelling all parastatals to submit to oversight regulatory mandate and proper supervision” which he is supposed to manage on the President’s behalf.
He also called on President Buhari to “save the NNPC and the oil industry from collapse arising from the above non-transparent practices and empower the Board” to do the needful.
The Minister of State revealed in the letter that the NNPC boss was playing region card to turn the staff against him.
The effect of the attitude of the GMD and the sidelining of the Board is that there is a fear culture in NNPC. The open administration i introduced with your support in our first year of pushing reforms, has been completely eroded. The essence of this innovation was to drive great working interface and interaction amongst all parastatals in the Petroleum sector.
NNPC staff are afraid of contacting me to avoid being punished. Sidelined in appointments and targeted. indeed the key factor fro growth and advancement in NNPC of today sto avoid the Minister of State’s office.
The Minister of State claimed that the NNPC boss has accused him of the following:
Anti-North,
Corrupt and
in collusion with militants
Though the letter was supposed to be confidential, official responsible for the leakage is yet to be known, and there is no evident that since Buhari received the letter on August 30, any action had been taken.
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