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Minister, NNPC GMD Shun Budget Defence

By Kassim Omomia

Members of the joint House committees on Petroleum (Upstream, Downstream) and Gas Resources numbering over 50 were stunned when Minister of Petroleum, State, Timipreye Sylva and Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari shunned a budget defence meeting
The lawmakers sat for several hours .It was uncovered that the budget was to be done in closed doors without the media, apparently to shield the Minister and the NNPC GMD from answering  questions bothering on the arbitrary increase of fuel price by the Buhari’s administration without recourse to further impoverishing Nigerians
However, the meeting was eventually called off by the lead committee chairman, Hon. Musa Sarkin-Adda (APC, Sokoto), who while addressing his colleagues on the development, told them that the minister called that  he was summoned to the Villa by Mr. President.
“Given the circumstance, I want to suggest that we adjourn the meeting  indefinitely pending when the minister is ready to make appearance”, Sarkin-Adda said

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