Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed for the first
time the response of President Muhammadu Buhari to the controversial memo on
the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru.
It would be recalled that the minister’s memo raised issues
over the conduct of the NNPC GMD on contracts and appointments.
Kachikwu, who spoke in Owerri, Imo State at the end of a
three-day Nigerian Content Workshop organised by the Nigerian Content
Development and Monitoring Board, said the content of his letter did not border
on fraud but on governance.
He said, “The conversation has been largely misunderstood to
bother on fraud. It was not on fraud, but on governance and suggestions on ways
to go about it. I think a lot of people got it wrong.
“People dwell much on issues of sensationalism and leave the
main substance. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, and I are working together as Mr. President had
directed to move forward.”
“Mr. President has urged the two of us to find ways of
working together to remove doubt and rift.” He added, “Mr. President is a
decent man and what he wants to achieve in this country is to live a legacy for
posterity. He is a sincere leader, so nobody should accuse him of engaging in
fraud.”
He commended the management of NCDMB led by its Executive
Secretary, Engr. Simbi Wakote, for scoring high in her efforts to promote
Nigerian content in the oil and gas sector of the nation’s economy.
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