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Monday 10 August 2015

Buhari to Head Ministry of Petroleum for 18 Months??

A report on the PUNCH newspapers says the President is set to head the Ministry of Petroleum for 18 months before appointing a substantive minister for the ministry.
The President, Punch reports to have  said this while meeting with some members of his political party, the All Progressives Congress, in Abuja recently.

One of those at the meeting,who spoke on condition of anonymity on Sunday in Abuja, said Buhari said he would use the one and a half year of heading the sensitive ministry to reposition it.
The source said, 
“At the meeting we had recently, we discussed the issues of portfolios and other matters,” the President said he was going to handle the Ministry of Petroleum himself for about 18 months.
“He said it was after this that he would appoint a substantive minister for the ministry. He said he would only personally handle the reorganisation of the much-important ministry.
“Besides, he said the ministry needed to be reformed and be rid of corruption. He promised to sanitise the ministry.”

It was, however, gathered that the President was thinking of appointing an experienced person as his special adviser on petroleum.

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