President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with the immediate past Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, at the State House, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Baru used the opportunity to officially present the new GMD, Mele Kyari, to the president.
Baru, who spoke to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, said: “The purpose of coming to see Mr President is to carry out a symbolic handover of the new team led by Malam Mele Kyari to Mr President.
“No matter what we did in terms of transition, they have their own programmes and vision of what they want to do.
“We are now the airbus pilots that are relaxing and cruising at an altitude and you cannot give them a vision of the jet fighter pilot that the NNPC requires.
“They will engage the president at the appropriate time and get his blessing. I spent 1,099 days on the saddle of the corporation and can’t wait to present young vibrant team.’’
Baru challenged the new NNPC management to improve on the achievements so far recorded at the corporation, saying that his tenure had succeeded in stabilising the supply of fuel to the economy.
He also called on the management to put in place necessary measures that would ensure the immediate commencement of exportation of petroleum products to neighbouring countries.
“We expect where we have stabilised the supply of fuel to the economy, they will make sure they start exporting products to neighbouring countries. I am so convinced that this team will deliver,’’ he said.
Kyari, who also addressed the correspondents, said the corporation would partner with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to check any form of corruption in the system.
President Buhari migh have bade the Ex-NNPC Chariman Maikanti Baru farewell.
But the People of Nigeria might still want to know what the Aboki did with that $25bn for a dubious Petroleum Expoloration Contract?
That huge sum of money was secretary withdrawn from our National Till
without a due process of passing through the Senate Committee for Appropriation of Bill.
Not until after the Minister of State for Petroleum,Mazi Ibe Kachukwu did blow
a whistle on the illegality of that money withdrawal scam did the Presidency
deadpan, claiming that the money was after all for that dubious Petroleum Expoloration Contract.
But that indeed was a blatant specious fallacy jare.
It is an estblished fact that decades of Petroleum Expolorations in the North have come up with absolutely nothing.
Who knows what a duboious contract the President is gonna offer to this other Aboki,Mallam Mele Kyari,who took over from Mallam Maikanti Baru?
Na wao! One Aboki goes aother Aboki comes.
Oh dear! What is actually the matter wrong with those Fulani alien parasites?
Aren’t they taking their Islamic Hegemony over us Indugenous Christian Nigerians too far?
No to the status quo ante bellum!
Down with Hausa/Fulani Islamic Hegemony!!