Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu yesterday responded to questions by some aggrieved participants from theSouth-South region over the inequitable distribution of oil blocs at the region’s Town Hall Meeting.
Here are 7 important things he said:
1. President Muhammadu Buhari has not allocated oil blocs to any individual since he came into office.
2. The Federal Government would be fair and just in giving out such advantages.
3. The president has said that he will need to correct the mess created by the past administrations before giving out such advantages.
4. The president has emphasised to all ministers that there should be no unjustifiable favour and any action taken must be defended.
5. When the time for the oil bloc allocation comes, the federal government will follow very clear due process.
6. Mr. Kachikwu also said that he was one of those who believed that the South-South people should benefit from oil blocs because it would be part of “giving back to the chicken that laid the eggs”.
7. He said the people of the region will be empowered to engage in genuine oil deals, rather than being contractors to oil companies.
Here are 7 important things he said:
1. President Muhammadu Buhari has not allocated oil blocs to any individual since he came into office.
2. The Federal Government would be fair and just in giving out such advantages.
3. The president has said that he will need to correct the mess created by the past administrations before giving out such advantages.
4. The president has emphasised to all ministers that there should be no unjustifiable favour and any action taken must be defended.
5. When the time for the oil bloc allocation comes, the federal government will follow very clear due process.
6. Mr. Kachikwu also said that he was one of those who believed that the South-South people should benefit from oil blocs because it would be part of “giving back to the chicken that laid the eggs”.
7. He said the people of the region will be empowered to engage in genuine oil deals, rather than being contractors to oil companies.
