The minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, is advised by his colleagues to exit Buhari’s cabinet ~ Sportty

The minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, is advised by his colleagues to exit Buhari’s cabinet

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The dust raised by the minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, over the unilateral award of hefty oil and gas contracts totaling about $25 billion by the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has taken a twist, as the presidency is considering taking actions against the minister having cleared the NNPC boss of any infraction.

The Nation reported that the fate of Kachikwu in the current administration is unsure following the allegation he made against the NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru.

The newspaper stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is considering taking punitive actions against Kachikwu after having found Baru not guilty of corrupt practices in the unilateral award of the $25bn contracts on Monday night, October 9.

“The Presidency directed the GMD of NNPC to provide facts and figures, which it got from Baru,” the source said.

“Thereafter, the NNPC Act, the NNPC Handbook and Public Procurement Act were consulted on the responses of Baru to find out if infractions were committed by the corporation.

“Having been convinced that there were no infractions, the Presidency then directed NNPC to lay the cards on the table for Nigerians to see and judge.