Ibe Kachikwu apologizes to Nigerians over lingering fuel scarcity

Minister of state for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of NNPC, Ibe Kachikwu, took to his twitter handle to apologize to Nigerians over the lingering fuel scarcity. He also assured that the fuel situation will soon be allayed.

Kachikwu says, I lose not less than $1 million yearly for accepting to serve as Minister

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has said although his former job was more rewarding financially, he decided to serve Nigeria for the love of his fatherland.

Kachikwu said in Abuja on Sunday that all hands must be on deck to build enduring institutions that would secure the future of the country and improve on the standard of living of Nigerians.

He said: “I believe that this country needs help.

“I believe that it is about time we began to perform for the young and upcoming.

“I believe that the sheer capacity of this country is unimaginable.

Free petrol! NNPC orders DPR to invade fuel-hoarding stations

 

The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has ordered the Department of Petroluem Resources to seal petrol-hoarding filling stations.

Kachikwu, who’s also the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, instructed the DPR to sell to customers for free, the products of the petrol stations found guilty of hoarding.

A memo released on Tuesday, November 17, by the NNPC Group General Manager, Ohi Alegbe, quoted the Minister, as saying: “There is no price reduction of petrol in the horizon and marketers should immediately stop hoarding the products and making Nigerians suffer in vain.”

“I have instructed DPR that if they discover any fuel station involved in hoarding, they should sell the products for free to customers around there. It is not just sealing the station that is the answer. It is penalizing them when they do these things and I hope the message goes out loud and clear.”

Fuel scarcity: Kachiukwu orders DPR to sell off fuel of erring fuel stations for free to Nigerians

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachiukwu yesterday ordered the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, to sell off for free, the petroleum products of any fuel station that is caught hoarding petrol during this period of fuel scarcity. He gave the order after a working visit to some retail outlets in Abuja.

“I have instructed DPR that if they discover any fuel station involved in hoarding, they should sell the products for free to customers around there. It is not just sealing the station that is the answer. It is penalizing them when they do these things and I hope the message goes out loud and clear,” he said

The biggest appointment so far has gone to an Igbo man - Keyamo

In an interview with Punch, lawyer Festus Keyamo said despite what many think - that Buhari is marginalizing the South West in terms of appointments - that the biggest appointment so far in the Buhari administration has gone to an Igbo man. Below is what he said...

"Buhari got the lowest number of votes from the South-South. But as I said, the appointments are not yet complete. You say he has not appointed any Igbo but the biggest position so far has gone to an Igbo man: Emmanuel Kachikwu who is the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. It is just by modern political divide that the man falls within Delta State but he is a Delta Igbo. 

Buhari's appointment of Igbo Man as NNPC Boss shocks PDP

PDP agents, especially those from South-East who are quick to criticise President Muhammadu Buhari have sworn that Mr President can never appoint a Southerner as NNPC GMD. 

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Buhari Appoints ExxonMobil Vice-chair as new NNPC GMD

According to a statement released by presidential spokesperson, president Buhari has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Dr. Kachikwu, who was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon-Mobil (Africa), is to take over from Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha.

Dr. Kachikwu hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta State. He is a first class graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School. The new NNPC Chief Executive also has Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Law from the Harvard Law School.