Maikanti Baru and Ibe Kachikwu
Arewa Consultative Forum, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari
to impartially probe the allegations of contract award Minister of state
for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu levelled against the Group Managing
Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti
Baru.The body gave the call at the end of its National Executive Council meeting in Kaduna on Thursday.
In a communiqué signed by its National Publicity Secretary,
Muhammad Ibrahim Biu, the Forum said Buhari should probe the allegation
for the sake of truth.
The communiqué reads, “The meeting expressed deep concern over
the open altercations between the Minister of State for Petroleum
Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, and the Group Managing Director, Nigerian
National Petroleum Company. Dr. Maikanti Baru, over allegations of
contract awards bordering on managerial imperfections and acts of
insubordination made by the minister against the Group Managing
Director.
“ACF had earlier called on Mr. President to thoroughly
investigate the matter by giving fair hearing to both parties in order
to know the actual facts in the interest of transparency in management
practices of the NNPC.
“However, the meeting notes with regret the continued
accusations and counter-accusations by the two public officers, which
are precisely avoidable and unnecessary, considering the important role
of the petroleum industry under their watch to the nation’s economy.”
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