NNPC crisis: Buhari meets Kachikwu

Barely two days after leak of his letter to the press, minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, will meet President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa on Thursday, October 5.

The meeting according to Premium Times is expected to start by 11:30 a.m. Kachikwu had sent a memo to the president, complaining about insubordination and alleged corruption by the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru.

The minister also urged President Buhari to take urgent action to save the NNPC amid a N9 trillion contract scam allegedly involving Baru. Mr. Kachikwu said he found it necessary to call the attention of the president to the wrongdoings because they were capable of hindering progress in the country’s petroleum sector or even reverse recorded strides.

He also said he resorted to writing the memo because of his inability to have a one on one meeting with the president. The minister is expected to further discuss the allegations with the president at Thursday’s meeting.