He will head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in the new cabinet.
But he added that he will appoint a minister of state
for the ministry.
Addressing some select reporters in New York on
Tuesday,
after addressing a Global Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL
and Violent Extremism, he said: “I wil remain Minister of Petroleum.
after addressing a Global Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL
and Violent Extremism, he said: “I wil remain Minister of Petroleum.
“I will appoint a minister of State for Petroleum”.
According to him, this step is being taken as part of
efforts to sanitise
Nigeria’s oil industry which is said to be plagued by corruption,
massive
fraud, and crude oil theft.
Nigeria’s oil industry which is said to be plagued by corruption,
massive
fraud, and crude oil theft.
Buhari restated his determination to sanitise
Nigeria’s oil industry
and
free it from corruption and shady deals.
and
free it from corruption and shady deals.
He said that the first step in this direction had
already been taken
with
the appointment of a new management for the NNPC and its
subsequent re organisation.
with
the appointment of a new management for the NNPC and its
subsequent re organisation.
The President said that the prosecution of those who
misappropriated
NNPC’s revenue under past administrations would soon commence.
NNPC’s revenue under past administrations would soon commence.
On Corruption, he pledged that the federal government
will fight
corruption,
because it has been identified as the root of all problems hindering
Nigeria as a nation.
corruption,
because it has been identified as the root of all problems hindering
Nigeria as a nation.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for most part of
his tenure,
was the minister of petroleum.
was the minister of petroleum.
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