Reports just reaching us indicate that, President Muhammadu
Buhari is probably going to appoint himself as the new Nigerian
minister of petroleum resources.
According
to Buhari’s associate, the president would rather appoint himself than
trust anyone else with the main source of Nigeria’s revenue.
A political associate of the president who spoke to Ruters said, “Nigeria’s oil sector is so dirty that nobody’s hands are clean enough to do the surgical changes needed”.
Buhari
having been head of the Petroleum Trust Fund under military leadership
of late Sani Abacha and the oil minister under Olusegun Obasanjo, the
former head of state has extensive knowledge of the oil sector.
However Buhari has sent a list of 15 special advisors to the outgoing national assembly for approval on Tuesday, which must be confirmed before the cabinet goes on recess.
The new president has made it clear that
he wants to change the country’s refining sector, which has declined
since Nigeria became dependent on imported fuel.
An APC source added that President Buhari wants the refineries to start functioning again.
Meanwhile the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari not to appoint any politicians, as the head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
A political associate of the president who spoke to Ruters said, “Nigeria’s oil sector is so dirty that nobody’s hands are clean enough to do the surgical changes needed”.
The president who has still not decided on his cabinet has laughed off media speculation about people he will be appointing.
However Buhari has sent a list of 15 special advisors to the outgoing national assembly for approval on Tuesday, which must be confirmed before the cabinet goes on recess.
An APC source added that President Buhari wants the refineries to start functioning again.
Meanwhile the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari not to appoint any politicians, as the head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
