Fuel scarcity: Senate summons Kachikwu
(Nigeria) The Senate on Monday summoned the Minister of
State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, to appear before its Committee on
Petroleum Downstream on Tuesday, over lingering fuel scarcity in the country.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Sen.
Jibrin Barau, told newsmen shortly after an on-the-spot assessment of filling
stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the summons became
necessary following the hardship on Nigerians.
He decried that in spite of assurances from the ministry
that the situation would be brought under control, it had lingered.
``We have invited the minister of state to appear before the
committee tomorrow to tell us about the fuel scarcity problem and the strategy
he is employing to solve it. We will expect him to give a date when the problem
will be resolved permanently; this is the course of action we have taken.
``We are not satisfied because this problem has gone
unabated for too long; the situation is appalling and it is a major problem. We
gave the ministry enough time and space to put its act together to solve this
problem.’’
Barau assured that the senate would take a position on the
matter after hearing from the minister of state, who is also the Group Managing
Director, NNPC.
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