The
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources; Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has apologized to
Nigerians over his remark that he is not a magician. The Minister declared that
he is not going to resign as suggested by some Nigerians as he has work to do
as mandated by the President Buhari.
The
Minister while appearing before the Nigerian senate over the unending
nationwide fuel scarcity; stated categorically that the crisis is as a result
of three major issues; the removal of the fuel subsidy in January, 2016, the
inability of major marketers to import fuel, vandalisation. He stated that the
NNPC is being over-burdened to import fuel as it is suppose be the supplier of
last resort as it does not have the capacity to supply all the fuel needed by
Nigerians.
He
however reassured Nigerian that within the first two weeks of April, fuel will
be available at all filling stations in Nigeria.
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