The Advocate By Onikepo Braithwaite Onikepo.braithwaite@thisdaylive.com Lingering Fuel Crisis Before I delve into the word for today, I cannot but express the displeasure of Nigerians on the matter of the lingering fuel crisis.
It was rather nauseating watching the Minister of State of Petroleum, Mr Lokpobiri, after their meeting with the Vice President last week, making incoherent excuses that don’t seem to add up, in a bid to assure Nigerians who are going through so much hell, that fuel would soon be available, while the CEO of NNPCL, Mr Mele Kyari looked on. Again, I hold President Tinubu to his November 2023 warning that non-performers would be sacked, so that they do not constitute themselves as clogs in the wheels of Nigeria’s progress. I repeat that, it appears that it is time for those running the oil sector to go home.
Keeping them in their jobs, cannot be more important than the welfare of millions of Nigerians, who can no longer afford to feed because of the inflation caused by the increase in fuel price and the non-availability of the product. Let those who know how to drive, get into the the driver’s seat! I have never worked in the oil industry, but does common sense not tell one that if NNPCL has allegedly run up a $6 billion debt with fuel suppliers and they are unwilling to extend any more credit to them and supply them fuel, it goes without saying that NNPCL should have been breaking down the door of Dangote Refinery (DR) to send crude oil there to be.