President Buhari asked to resign as petroleum minister

– The Trade Union Congress asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from the position of the minister of petroleum and mineral resources

– The TUC stressed that the office is too critical to Nigeria’s economy to be combined with the office of the president and commander-in-chief

– According to the TUC boss, there is cogent need for appointment of a substantive minister of petroleum and mineral resources

– The president of Nigeria Labour Congress noted that Nigeria was the worst case scenario in the management of oil and gas wealth in the world

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from the position of the minister of petroleum and mineral resources.

According to the congress, the office is too critical to Nigeria’s economy, therefore, it should not be combined with the office of the president and commander-in-chief.

The Nation reports that Bobboi Bala Kaigama, the president of the TUC, made the call at the “Save Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Round Table Conference” held on Tuesday, April 19, in Abuja.

The TUC boss noted that there was cogent need for appointment of a substantive minister of petroleum and mineral resources.

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“The ideal candidate for this should be someone who has the necessary knowledge, experience and competence, and who would directly oversee the affairs of the ministry and report regularly to the president.

“That position is too critically important to the economy to be subsumed as one of the many offices or portfolios of the president and commander-in-chief. Of course the position of Minister of State for Petroleum and Mineral Resources should continue to exist as a junior minister in the ministry. A separate group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) should also be appointed to directly supervise the affairs of the NNPC,” he said.

According to Kaigama, all the appointees must have bold, incorruptible and sound principles. He added that the cabals in the oil sector emerged due to corruption in the corporation.

“It is high time we halt the ugly trend whereby members of the cabal are paid billions of naira for ‘fuel imports’ that never reach our shores,” he stressed.

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Meanwhile, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, the president of Nigeria Labour Congress, noted that Nigeria was the worst case scenario in the management of oil and gas wealth in the world.

He said that the main problem in the oil and gas industry is not lack of law but adherence to the laws.

Wabba advised Nigerians to oppose anyone who flout the law. He recalled that two weeks ago he refused to pay N200 per liter for the petrol he bought in a station in Kaduna state because the pump price was N86 per liter.

A few weeks ago, youths under the auspices of Northern Youth Council of Nigeria also demanded the immediate resignation of Buhari as petroleum minister.

The group advised the president to hire a competent hand to handle the ministry and appoint a new managing director for NNPC to improve effectiveness and productivity in the ministry and agency.

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